‘Cars’

Hybrids are the latest technology in automobiles, pairing the power of a gasoline engine with the smooth economy of an electric motor. But “Cars,” the latest offering from Disney/Pixar, is a hybrid of a different and delightful kind. It combines the sleek,...

The Myth of Color-Blindness

For the past half millennium, racial and ethnic forms of economic oppression were normalized and legitimatized in the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Euroamericans, an entrenched understanding that found legal (eugenics was constitutional upheld by the U.S....

Raising Minimum Wage Is a Moral Issue

Editor’s note: The following is the text of remarks prepared by Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, for delivery at a “Raise Oklahoma Rally” Monday on the steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol. I’m here today...

Forgive Us Our Debts

“The rich rule over the poor and the borrower is servant to the lender.” Anyone who has ever been in debt has experienced the truth of this biblical proverb. And let’s be honest with each other–debt is something we know about. According to the...

Parental Guidance And Matters Of Faith

In what is becoming the latest clash between fundamentalist Christianity and the rest of the world, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently assigned a PG rating to an explicitly Christian film. The movie, “Facing the Giants,” is the story...

Reading the Green Bible

The Bible is God’s green book, staking out the divine imperative for earth care. Even the red-lettered Bible, the one that has what Jesus said in red letters, is really a green Bible. In fact, Jesus’ Great Commandment (Matt. 22:37-40) has green all over...