For several years, I have waged an internal battle on how to bridge the gap between these two worlds: Latin America became one reality, and the Bible Belt of Kentucky another. In this disjointing of my life, the plague of stereotypes has become all too common.
Well,I don't think the problem is that you want no part of the label "Christian." It's that you want no part of the label moron.
When Rachel Held Evans's husband, Dan, woke up one Christmas morning, he found all of his presents addressed, "To Master, from Rachel." "I had to c...
I think that they are being riled up, made to think that their faith, and only theirs, has a right to impact politics and policy. I think that they are simply being used, manipulated, by the guys who want their votes. Now, how Christian is that?
But the greatest reason for a change in name for the Southern Baptist Convention could be the need to break with its past and embrace an increasingly multi-ethnic reality in America.
By Amy Kuperinsky Religion News Service (RNS) Poor New Jersey -- derided for "Jersey Shore," aggressive driving and talking too fast. But when it ...
Maybe he should be called Nascar's "Prayer-In-Chief." In the interest of full disclosure, we must admit that roughly 50% of Team HuffPost Comedy is...
I'm confident my own neighbors won't allow our political system to be corrupted by the kind of vile name-calling that was used for so many centuries against my ancestors.
I've lived a lie for most of my adult life. As a statewide elected official in Kentucky, coming out of the closet for gay marriage was tantamount to political suicide. But now as a recovering politician, I feel compelled to holler: I'm proud as hell, and I'm not going to fake it any more!
Billy Reid. (Silence) Billy Reid. (Thump, he fainted and fell to the floor) Billy Reid. Well, maybe he didn't faint, but the immediate surprise in the...
By Greg Garrison Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Megachurches here in the heart of the Bible Belt are thriving enough to support a majo...
When exactly the notoriously skeptical people within the "Show-Me State" of Missouri morphed into a bunch of Creationist Cathys, I'll never know.
It's open season on black womanhood. Nightline became the latest media outlet to tackle the issue of why black women aren't married. The problem is not the topic, but the approach.
"Don't ask, don't tell." The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Proposition 8. These are just a few of the examples of policies brought to light by th...
"...A team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust)."...
Any gay student at Grandfield High School has been taught a dubious lesson. They have learned they better keep quiet until they are old enough to leave town.
Even now as what's left of our music industry evolves into whatever it may soon become, you still hear a rare album that reminds you why albums still exist.
Hardly anyone mentions that the "the Bible Belt" and "the Black Belt" refer to essentially the same part of the country. That easily overlooked fact is of enormous significance.
For the first time in over 40 years, the state of Virginia may help put a Democrat in the White House. More important, the Democrat who will reside th...
