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By Bruxy Cavey
“We’ve got to protect our borders.” A man named Hank approached me after a talk about Jesus’ way of peace that I gave at a church in the United States, and this is how he started a conversation.
By Elrena Evans
Last month, a young competitor in the National Scholastic Chess Championship in Putrajaya, Malaysia was pulled from the tournament over an outfit that chess officials deemed “too seductive.”
I haven’t mentioned whether the competitor was a boy or a girl, but I’m guessing I don’t need to.
By Tish Harrison Warren
Jonathan stopped by at midday to pick something up at the house, and we had a fight. I would call it an argument, but that sounds too reasonable, like we were coolly debating opposing sides of an issue.
By Melanie Springer Mock
Each semester at the evangelical college where I teach, I frame a composition assignment about argumentative essays with several significant caveats. First, I tell students that unless they have a personal experience or something new to say about issues like immigration, euthanasia, or gun control, they should pick another topic, because the world’s biggest problems cannot be solved in five double-spaced pages.
By Stephen Mattson
Today’s political climate is filled with hate, racism, and bigotry towards various cultural, ethnic, and social minority groups. Christians should be alarmed at such rhetoric and take seriously the notion that elected officials can, will, and do oppress people based on their religion, beliefs, race, and cultural identity.
By Vernon Grounds
1. Pray! Pray daily and specifically in keeping with I Timothy 2:1-5; II Corinthians 10:3-5; Ephesians 6:1-10.
2. Keep informed regarding the development of international and national affairs. Be concerned about the world, not just the church.
By J. Nicole Morgan
As a Christian fat-acceptance advocate, I’m in tune to the way we talk about bodies—in our churches, at our conferences, and in Christian books, radio, and other media. I grew up in the Christian church, and it was the place where most of my body shame came from.
By Jo Kadlecek
On a tame Saturday afternoon, tired from the week and still bogged down by my “to-do” list, I got caught on the couch with a good novel: The Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, a contemporary Southern story of racial tension, family pain, and empowered/empowering women.
By Stephen Mattson
In a world of violence, followers of Christ should strive to be peacemakers. This is hard in a society like the United States that romanticizes militaristic strength and esteems violence, but we should strive to follow Christ’s example nonetheless.
By Donal Lardner Ward
For me, the most alarming aspect of the United Airlines incident is the relative passivity of the other passengers.
By Russell Jeung
When Ywa Blu Htoo arrived in the United States in 2010 at the age of eight, he couldn’t walk due to his cerebral palsy. Through Asian Health Services in Oakland, a clinic with specialized services for refugee families, he was able to get a primary care doctor and translated services in his Karen language for the first time in his life.
By Aimee Fritz
“I think I’ve changed my mind. I don’t think we should do this.” I bit my lip and put my hands in my pockets.
“Don’t be nervous. Be proud. This is who we are,” my husband said.
By John Seel, Ph.D.
People have different understandings when it comes to sexuality—divergent frames of thinking, if you will. Consequently, for many, most of the traditional do’s and don’ts of sexual ethics make no sense.
By Bill White
“What do you think is the value in LGBT people naming and defining their sexuality? How is that helpful or harmful for the heterosexual majority community and the church?”
By Matt Curcio
The United States is in the middle of an employment crisis—one that will probably never be covered by Fox or CNN.
Politicians are super proud of being able to get that big scary unemployment number down to 4.9 percent.
By Jill Murphy
Last month, Christians for Social Action was thrilled to help bring Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, the National Organizer and Spokesperson for YECA (Young Evangelicals for Climate Action),
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