Economically vulnerable people of color are significantly more anti-abortion than rich white folks are.
As I Was Saying
This is The Banner's online opinion column, from a variety of different writers, published Fridays.
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The best story that has ever happened to me is the one I almost never tell.
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God can do more with this than we can see.
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Looking forward, the road is precarious. Many signs indicate we are a denomination in poor health.
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As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is.
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What do we do when the pain and struggle are ongoing, and the happy ending doesn’t appear?
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Today, when opinion is taken to be fact and fact taken as opinion, there seems to be a wide array of approaches as to how to deal with change.
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There is a well-known sculpture, called The End of the Trail, that exemplifies this theme for Native Americans and Indigenous people.
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Human language—in all its variety and vitality—is a glorious reflection of our being made in the image of a God who created the world through his word, a God who is the Word.
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There was a secret message Jesus wanted to whisper into the hearts of the servants, in the back room where the jars were kept.
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I love giving advice. It’s one of my spiritual gifts, my love language, my default mode when someone has anything off-kilter in their life.
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We believe the answer to this question is in understanding the cultural paradox of our faith.
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The imagery of building is not primarily intended to convey physical construction with brick and mortar; rather, building means extending the work of God in the world.
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During my 14 days in isolation, I learned four lessons from this form of suffering.
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On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. The stories and images have flooded the headlines of our news streams.
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While I’ve come to appreciate the service and its meaning over the years, I admit there’s a tiny sense of dread that goes along with my appreciation.
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Song of Solomon is as much for singles as for those in a relationship.
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With online church, disabled people—including me and my family—were welcomed to church in more ways and more often than ever before. Let’s keep that up.
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I discovered that the increase of religious “nones” is strongly correlated with use of new technologies.
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As Indigenous people we often see ourselves connected with nature more than the average person.
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Polarization seems to have pervaded every corner of our families, churches, and society.
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One of the obvious problems with the death penalty is that you can’t bring someone back from the dead when you get it wrong.
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This year in particular, the tree farm I grew up on reminds me that joy and sorrow often mingle side by side, especially during the holidays.
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I think sometimes we are so afraid of being defined by our grief or by our suffering that we try to avoid its presence in our lives.