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EthicsDaily 2018: Working with Partners Advocating for Public Education
Education is a right of all people – especially children – bestowed upon them by their Creator. That’s why EthicsDaily is committed to working with partners advocating for the education of all children.
Light in the Darkness | Advent Four: Love
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, in our hurry-up-and-spend world, we still wait. With Elizabeth and Mary, with David and Micah, even with old Abraham and Sarah, we wait for the love within us to be born into our world again.
December 18, 2018
Why Putting Christ Back in Christmas is Not Enough (Christianity Today) How Can Christians Support Donald Trump? (Religion News Service) GOP Pollster Says Most Evangelical Christians Prioritize Trump’s Agenda Over...
Why I Took My 2-Year-Old to a Global Interfaith Conference
I was reared in far right-wing churches as a kid. When I attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions recently, I brought our 2-year-old to one day inspire him to listen to those who do not look or think like him.
Advent Love: When Love Arrives, Be Sure You Don’t Miss It
When we’re so focused on all our holiday preparations, it’s easy to forget that Christmas is coming. A time to remember and celebrate God sending Jesus to live among us and show us how to be more loving.
Christendom’s Last Stand Takes Its Shot Through Courts
The church does not reign over the world anymore and cannot enforce its beliefs on others. That leaves the legal system of the United States as the only recourse for some, but that path carries a price.
December 17, 2018
Southern Baptist Report on Slavery Ties Includes No Reflection on Racial Equality Today (NBC News) Christian Nationalists are Trying to Seize Power – But Progressives are Fighting Back (Salon) Secular, Religious Street...
Baptists Have Mixed Record on Defending Human Rights
Baptists as a whole have had a mixed record of defending human rights. Many tend to be vulnerable to the danger of being so grateful for their religious freedom that they won’t rock the boat and defend human rights.
Conference Educates Christians About Islam, Middle East
A conference led by the Institute of Middle East Studies brings together Christian workers from all over the world each June to learn more about Islam and the Middle East.
Advent Joy: Holding Joy
Instead of filling your schedules with one commitment and celebration after another, listen to that still, small voice inviting you to hold on to the joy of the moment during this season of hope and expectation.
December 14, 2018
Evangelical Christians Helped Elect Donald Trump, but Their Time as a Major Political Force is Coming to an End (Newsweek) Here’s How the Alt-Right is Recruiting from Groups of Trump-Loving Evangelicals (Raw Story) The...
Profiles in Goodwill: Jennifer Lau
Jennifer Lau is associate executive director of Canadian Baptist Ministries.
EthicsDaily 2018: Working with Global Partners
EthicsDaily enthusiastically works with global partners to break down barriers and strengthen international bonds. We believe God loves all the inhabitants of the world, not merely a favored elect.
While Advocating for Human Rights, Don’t Leave Women Behind
On this 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, may we look across the globe and hear the stories of women who are still treated as less than human.
December 13, 2018
Silicon Valley is on a Quest for Immortality – and it Could be Very Dangerous (Newsweek) Oldest Institution of Southern Baptist Convention Reveals Past Ties to Slavery (New York Times) Southern Seminary and Racism...
On growing up
By John D. Pierce Recently, over dinner with friends since childhood, one of them asked reflectively: “When we were growing up could you have imagined your life turning out as it did?” “No,” I said. That seems to be...
Thoughtful, relevant and original
By John D. Pierce Those who read Nurturing Faith Journal get thoughtful and relevant information found nowhere else. The timely content is not compiled from other digital or print sources — but written exclusively for...
6 Reasons to Celebrate UN Declaration on Its ‘Birthday’
A 70-year-old document, no matter how universal, won’t fix our global mess. However, it’s a vital tool in our toolbox. A legal lever to lift the downtrodden, a candle to light in our dark world.
Advent Joy: Giving Joy
When you concentrate your focus on giving the gift of joy, fully allowing yourself to participate in the celebration of what God is doing in other people’s lives, you find joy yourself.
Republican Tax Plan Contains ‘Johnson Amendment’ Repeal
The proposed tax plan drafted by the GOP in the House of Representatives contains a provision that would repeal the so-called “Johnson Amendment,” the Baptist Joint Committee says.
December 12, 2018
Minister Accused of Stealing $800,000 from Houston's First Baptist Church (ABC13) Among Women Voters, Only Evangelicals are Sticking with Trump (CNN) At Least 30 Ministers Arrested in Border Protest (Religion News...