There Should Be No Pandemic Privilege for Religion

Brian Kaylor for the Missouri Independent Even before we are out of the coronavirus pandemic, Missouri’s lawmakers are considering bills that would make it more difficult to keep people safe in a future pandemic. And several bills would also upset our healthy...

Jimmy Carter Taught Me How to Pray for a President

(RNS) — Three years ago, when the pastor at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, invited me to deliver the sermon at an upcoming revival service, he confirmed quickly that former President Jimmy Carter, who attends Maranatha, would be in the room. The pastor...

The Future of the Church is Now

By Brian Kaylor for Word & Way My son walked down the hallway of our empty church with me on a Friday last month. As I picked up a package left for me, he walked over to the door to the sanctuary and peered into the darkened room. “Oh,” he sighed, “I miss going in...