News

Several years ago, theology professor Mike Tapper asked a group of young, aspiring pastors how many had ever been to a funeral.
Here’s a fun fact many may not know: Most of the world’s Quakers live in Africa.
The Bible doesn’t say Jesus was nailed to a cross.
When he remembers the sermon given at his grandmother’s funeral service, Tariq El-Amin describes feeling surprised as the Baptist minister preached. While El-Amin expected a sermon about death and the ...
The Trump administration’s unexplained revocation of international student visas hit Baylor University April 9.
The peasant parade carries a countercultural message: The weak and the powerless gathered together with the divine presence become the powerful. In Holy Week, God puts God’s thumb on the scale to ...
Not telling the truth about abusive workplaces or people solves nothing. It simply ensures the abuse will continue.
I was following orders” is not a sufficient defense today for those who are breaking federal laws in service of a lawless ...
For the first time, a woman has come forward as a victim of serial child sexual abuser Pete Newman in a lawsuit against ...
Our sitting president has threatened to deport U.S. citizens to other countries without due process, and I believe him.” ...
It is Holy Week. Jesus has entered Jerusalem, and these are to be his final days. Meanwhile, the likes of us pastors bustle to place the finishing touches on our services and sermons, preparing for ...
As Jews gather for the start of Passover and share the story of our exodus, we do more than retell our journey from persecution to freedom. The traditional text of the Haggadah read during the seder ...