by Nathan Myrick | Nov 7, 2019 | Opinion
Music in worship is ethical when it preserves people in, or restores them to, just relationships with others and thereby with God. That was the central claim I made in the last installment of this series. In this and the next few installments, I will be unpacking that...
by Philip Jenkins | Nov 7, 2019 | Opinion
The Pew Research Center released a significant report in early October concerning the state of American religion. As with anything done by Pew, both the research and the analysis are exemplary, the findings convincing. I will challenge one small but important thing in...
by Jakob Topper | Nov 6, 2019 | Opinion
Privilege is a wall that protects the privileged from the inequity in the world. This is one of the insights revealed in Jesus’ parable about the unjust judge in Luke 18:1-8. Conventional wisdom suggests judges are fair and impartial, but Jesus illustrates that this...
by Sarah Peel | Nov 6, 2019 | Opinion
As an educator, nothing compares to seeing my students’ eyes light up when I teach “My Clothes, My World,” a program about fashion, human rights and sustainability. Produced by Fashion Takes Action, a Canadian nonprofit organization that focuses on sustainability, the...
by Preston Clegg | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, placed 237 white crosses on the lawn by its parking lot in late September. We did so to honor the memory of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago. Along with the crosses, there was a sign which...
by Laura Landgraf | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Snow fell gently, as I sat reading in front of our evening fire. My husband had gone to bed, but I savored the sound of silence, save for the crackle of the logs – utterly content. Content. Wow. Not striving, not planning or making notes, not wishing I’d done...
