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Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
What Oscar Romero has to say about this moment of national unrest baptistnews.com/article/what...
Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He died this week at the age of 76.
What I learned at CBF’s Advocacy in Action baptistnews.com/article/what...
A ball cap and tee shirt. Isn’t this disrespectful? Does he even own a suit?
You can be the hyena who giggles, laughs and then devours the rest of the body, or you could be a human who fights off the leopard, protects the victim and provides first aid to those who’ve been harmed. I guess my question is what do my fellow Democrats want to be? The hyena or the human?
There are a couple of ways to react to someone whose face has been eaten by a leopard.
If your pastor is trying to preach bravely right now, support her or him.
Up your pledge (to make up anyone threatening to withdraw support) if you have the means.
Tell them that you have their back.
Speak up in defense of bravery and truth.
Pray for the pastor-and your fellow parishioners.
I mean Duke is Puke! So…
I hope he’s okay!
The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown
Advocates reeling as Trump shuts down legal refugee entry baptistnews.com/article/refu...
Statement via Global Reuge, the Lutheran refugee resettlement org
It partly reads: “Persecuted people who have patiently waited for their chance at protection are poised to languish in legal limbo. Family reunifications are likely to be delayed for the foreseeable future, if not derailed entirely.”
Maybe we can’t control most of what will happen this year, but we can bear the light and let the truth shine forth to do its good work.
I don’t know what the new year will bring, where it may lead or what might happen. It can scare me if I think about it too much. I do know, however, that God is still speaking, the light is still shining, and the darkness still can’t do anything about it.
“It is wishful thinking by people who narrowly won a battle and think they’ve won a war.”
baptistnews.com/article/jesu...
On this day in 1966, KKK members shot at and set fire to the home of activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, killing Mr. Dahmer and razing his home.
"By focusing on the SBC while virtually ignoring other groups, Baptists appear in news reports as more theologically conservative, more Republican and Trumpian, more White, more Southern, more supportive of Christian Nationalism, and more male-led than Baptists actually are overall."
Is this the first symptom of the giraffe flu? We need to know.
Happy New Year! Let’s go do some good!
Well, what a way to end 2024...
Great day for the #Commanders 🏈. They beat the Eagles 🦅and eliminate the Cowboys 🤠. #raisehail
We hear the words of the angel, “fear not” yet fear fuels our policies, and I don’t know how not to be afraid of that! Lord hear my pray!
Education disparities are opportunity gaps that must be addressed - before they lead to outcome gaps.
Access our new #LearningGap report on #Mississippi school funding, which has significantly impacted Black students and those from low-income families: splcenter.org/mississippi-... #SPLCMS
A great article about sabbaticals by my friend Eli Withers.
Kneeling by wildflowers baptistnews.com/article/knee...
Again passing along another perspective on the new Bonhoeffer film. www.christiancentury.org/features/new...
