by Jen Zamzow | Aug 12, 2019 | Opinion
The cycle has become sadly predictable. Mass shooting, followed by offers of thoughts and prayers and little else. Many have criticized this “thoughts and prayers” response as being an empty gesture – an attempt to look good without actually doing the hard work of...
by John Mark Boes | Aug 12, 2019 | Opinion
I’m hesitant to write this. After my last Cooperative Baptist Fellowship blog piece titled “Does This Have to Be America?,” I received some criticism for my apparent lack of “speaking truth to power,” and the feeling that I represented the views of the “elite.” My...
by Steve McClain | Aug 12, 2019 | Opinion
Most of my working life has been spent around youth. From covering sports at the high school and college levels to volunteering with youth groups, teenagers have been an integral part of what I do. Maybe they keep me young. There’s one constant I have heard repeatedly...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 9, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce A big question is how did so much of American Christianity today get so far from Jesus? The answer can be traced to what pastor/author Ken Wytsma calls the “Salvation Industrial Complex.” And his personal experience mirrors mine. “I grew up with the...
by D. Steven Porter | Aug 9, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following column may contain material that could be disturbing to some readers. A common story attributed to indigenous leaders around the globe goes something like this: “When the missionaries arrived, we had the land, and the missionaries...
by Cheryl Bear | Aug 9, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following column may contain material that could be disturbing to some readers. The focus of the first three years of Canadian Baptist Ministries’ (CBM) She Matters campaign highlighted global gender inequity for girls and women around the...
