by Wendell Griffen | Feb 8, 2021 | Opinion
Baptist News Global and Religion News Service reported recently that two white Southern Baptist pastors from Texas called U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris “Jezebel.” This label, long recognized as a racist slur against Black women, was used by Steve Swofford (pastor...
by Wendell Griffen | Feb 4, 2021 | Opinion
White professing Christians are the main obstacle to overcoming white religious nationalism, white supremacy and racial injustice in the United States. This is not a pleasant reality. However, the US would not be in such pathetic shape if white people who claim to be...
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion
The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on Dec. 10, 1948, by a vote of 48 to 3 to affirm fundamental beliefs about the dignity and equality of all humans throughout the world. In 30 succinct statements, representatives acknowledged...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 12, 2020 | Opinion
Children, teachers and school staff need our prayers. I am joining many others in praying for those who are being ordered to return to school buildings and classrooms in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. However, we should also pray for the adults who knowingly...
by Wendell Griffen | Jul 29, 2020 | Opinion
Slavery “was the necessary evil upon which the union was built,” U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton said in a recent interview. The July 26, 2020, issue of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper contains an article based on that interview written by that paper’s Washington, DC,...