Texas Faith: Are there cracks in America’s Christian foundation? Question by Joel Thornton The latest Pew study on religion wasn’t great news for America’s Christian churches. In the last seven years, the percentage of […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Hillary, hormones and the presidency
Question by Joel Thornton A Dallas marketing and PR executive was blasted with criticism recently when she wrote on her Facebook page that she would rather live in Canada than remain in the U.S. […]
Amy at Texas Faith: To lead or follow, lessons from the University of Oklahoma
Question by Rudolph Bush Published: March 17, 2015 1:21 pm The news that has absorbed our part of the world recently revolves around a bus full of frat boys at the University of Oklahoma spouting […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Is torture ever justified in American policy?
What does your faith say about enhanced interrogation – about torture – as an instrument of American policy in a dangerous world? Question by Wayne Slater AMY MARTIN, President Emeritus – Earth Rhythms In […]
Amy at Texas Faith: How should we suffer?
Texas Faith: How should we suffer? Question by Rudolph Bush The Lenten season is closing now in Holy Week. It comes around each year to remind Christians of Christ’s suffering and the suffering that […]
Amy at Texas Faith: In faith and gender politics, what does submission mean — as in, submissive spouse?
TEXAS FAITH: In faith and gender politics, what does submission mean — as in, submissive spouse? Question by Wayne Slater When Sarah Palin ran for vice president, as Hillary Clinton considers a race for […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Can you have morality without the existence of God?
TEXAS FAITH: Can you have morality without the existence of God? Question by Wayne Slater When President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty exactly 50 years ago, advocates called it the moral obligation of a […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Religious advice for politicians
TEXAS FAITH: What words of religious faith should politicians really hear and heed? Question by Wayne Slater Dick Thornburgh, former Pennsylvania governor and U.S. attorney general, gave a speech last month entitled “The […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Where was God…?
TEXAS FAITH: Where was God in the ordeal that young Lauren Kavanaugh faced? Question by William McKenzieOver the last week, the Dallas Morning News has run a series on the story of 20-year old Lauren […]
Amy at Texas Faith: What would Jesus tweet?
TEXAS FAITH: What would Jesus tweet? Question by Wayne Slater What would Jesus tweet? If Jesus were here today – or if Twitter had been an available app 2,000 years ago – would Jesus […]
Amy at Texas Faith: Can baseball bring you closer to God?
This week’s question: Do secular settings like a baseball game lead us to the spiritual dimension of life? If so, what are those for you? In what ways does the secular lead you to a […]