Pastor’s Opulent Lifestyle Raises Questions

A Dallas TV station, WFAA, reports that Ed Young Jr., pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, travels in a French-made private jet operated by the church, lives in a 10,000-square-foot home listed under the name of “Palometa Revocable Trust,”...

Christmas Toy Drives Require Immigration Check

One of the reasons I wanted to move to Houston 12 years ago was the city’s multiracial environment. I wanted my children to grow up to be world citizens, not just middle-class Anglos from the Deep South. I love my city. You can get empanadas from Columbians and...

The End of Christian America? Not By a Long Shot

My blood pressure raised a few points when I read MSN’s front-and-center headline: “The End of Christian America.”   The article reported that according to the 2009 American Religious Identification Survey the number of people who claim no religious...

Greed Can Be Found on Wall Street, Behind Pulpits

Can I take a second and vent about something that is bothering me?   It is hard to have a consistent ethic when you look at the economic mess that we are in. Some might be tempted to read politics into what I am about to say, but that is not my intent.   I struggled...