By LaTonya Taylor
March 5, 2010
A controversial billboard campaign in Atlanta is bringing needed attention to an issue that's having a devasting effect on the black community in America. But is this the right way to do it?
Tiger Woods was raised a Buddhist, and now he's returning to his childhood religion. Hopefully, he'll avoid one of the great pitfalls many of us Christians fall into when it comes to living out our faith.
Telling half-truths about health-care reform makes it harder for us to judge Obama's plan based on the facts. But it also violates one of our greatest biblical precepts.
Ten American missionaries are jailed in Haiti for attempting to rescue needy children whose lives were uprooted by the earthquake. The missionaries' plight underscores the potential costs of discipleship, but also the consequences of good intentions gone awry.
A new Time magazine article explores the budding promise of racial diversity at evangelical megachurches that were once bastions of homogeneity. Can Willow Creek pastor Bill Hybels take his congregation all the way? An interview with Time religion writer David Van Biema.
With the Manhattan Declaration, a who's who of evangelical leaders take a stand on the non-negotiables of Christian discipleship in the 21st century. But will its message reach the ones who need to hear it most?
A year after Barack Obama's historic election, his progress report is incomplete at best. But his presence in the White House has already brought long overdue healing to the African American imagination -- and potentially to many others.
Derrion Albert did not die because of a lack of jobs or social programs. He died because we expect more righteousness and leadership from our government and civil institutions than we do from each other.
In this third and final installment of Todd Burkes's series on the thorny political, racial, and cultural issues surrounding the health-care debate, the author dives headlong into his most controversial question yet:
Why is "socialism" such a dirty word in America? Is it really that evil?
This is a developing thought process for me, so please hear me out for a moment. In the heat of the current battle over health-care reform in America, it does seem inevitable to many of us that the federal government will continue to grow.
I don't think there is an example of a democracy that has "un-done" growth. After all, it is the nature of a living thing to want to grow. This, of course, is at the heart of our nation's present debate. How much of a role should government play in our lives? The conservatives classify big government as "doomsday coming" and proof of societal decline. The liberals, on the other hand, see the expansion of federal programs as a fulfillment of the government's obligation to its people. But here is another take ...
A HEALTH-CARE FORUM: 16 Christian leaders talk faith, policy, justice, and reform. Featuring Harry R. Jackson Jr., Jim Wallis, Alveda King, Brian McLaren, Barbara Williams-Skinner, Noel Castellanos, Chandra White-Cummings, Lisa Sharon Harper, and more.
