Results for Diversity
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Number of African-American Baseball Players Declines
Originally Posted: 04/16/2012 - 3:48pm | Type: Blog -
This morning, USA Today released research results showing that the percentage of African Americans in baseball is now down to 8 percent, the lowest since Jackie Robinson’s day Yesterda ...
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The Common Bond of Blood
Originally Posted: 02/10/2012 - 2:29pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Lynne Hybels "Do you invest it in revenge, or do you think creatively?” Robi Damelin has always fought i ...
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Southern Baptists Mull Whether 'Southern' Still Fits
Originally Posted: 02/17/2012 - 8:30am | Type: Blog -
The Rev. Jerry Henry, pastor of First Baptist Church Fairhope, Ala., has struggled with whether the Southern Baptist Convention should change its name to reflect greater geographic diversity. ...
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Gypsy History, Culture and Gospel Community
Originally Posted: 01/13/2012 - 5:00pm | Type: Blog -
According to Pastor Skip Cristo, a native Chicago Gypsy and pastor of The Master’s Touch Church in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago, Gypsies are no stranger to persecution and excessive force by the pol ...
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Martin Luther King Sunday is Not Just for Black People
Originally Posted: 01/10/2012 - 10:23am | Type: Blog -
Dedicating a Sunday — even in an all-white church (perhaps particularly in an all-white church) — where the injustice is named from the pulpit is the beginning of a conversation that continues to be too rare in ...
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The Gospel According to Lady Gaga
Originally Posted: 01/10/2012 - 10:40am | Type: Blog -
Lady Gaga calls out to the little monsters. And Jesus eats with with tax collectors, sinners, and prostitutes. Okay, I'm going to get real vulnerable with you. Very confessional. ...
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Report from the Global Christian Forum in Indonesia: Day Five, Heading Home
Originally Posted: 10/18/2011 - 5:30pm | Type: Blog -
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth and final installment in a week-long series of reports from the Global Christian Forum in Manado, Indonesia filed by Wes Granberg-Michaelson, the former General Sec ...
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Separation (of Church and State) Anxiety
Originally Posted: 10/05/2011 - 6:24am | Type: Blog -
Part of a university education is learning how to navigate the complicated and often competing value systems of different social groups. Part of a university education is learnin ...
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Today's News Round-up
Originally Posted: 10/05/2011 - 6:24am | Type: Blog -
Aide: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' in 2012 Aide: Obama faces 'titanic struggle' in 2012 President Obama and aides are bracing for a tough re-electio ...
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Study: U.S. Congregations Have Seen Better Days
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog -
According to a new study by Hartford Seminary called Faith Communities Today, U.S. congregations are less healthy than they were 10 years ago. According to a new study by ...