Erika Jackson-Essiem: "...I believed I had become what people whispered about—two children, two fathers, no marriages. A statistic. But I wasn’t a statistic. I was a story. And the systems around me were built to forget stories like mine. But God did not forget." Read more: ow.ly/s2Hm50X4l3W

Kali Cawthon-Freels: @rickriordan.bsky.social and #MarkOshiro said that now more than ever, we need stories about people who experience the world in beautiful ways. Stories that center kindness and respect. Stories that show intolerance doesn’t win. Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/remembering-...

"Habakkuk might have a silly name, but his view of the world was deadly serious ... He stared straight into the face of death and believed God was not finished with God’s people yet." Kevin Gardner-Sinclair is pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. Watch: asermonforeverysunday.com

Starlette Thomas: "The free exchange of ideas, including dissent and criticism, is a cornerstone of any democracy. Silencing opposing views is a historical tactic of authoritarians and removes a vital check on power, leaving leaders unaccountable and eroding public trust." Read: ow.ly/Urfp50X3G38

"Though she’s had many achievements and accolades, what sets her apart is her unwavering commitment to justice and advocacy in inner-city El Paso and along the border." Bethany Rivera Molinar is the Executive Director of Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach in El Paso, TX. Read more: ow.ly/xvVY50X3Cy7

Aurelia Dávila Pratt: "At a place like Baylor, moving the needle forward is never easy. Jon [Singletary] has my deepest respect and admiration for the ways he has made it more open, more generous, and above all, safer for those who needed it most." Read more: ow.ly/aHmb50X3Cee

Too often, we hear the narrative that white Americans are “self-made,” that their success came only by pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps. This overlooks the structural privileges, land theft and generational advantages... @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social goodfaithmedia.org/resisting-hi...

On the Good Faith Weekly podcast, Mitch & Missy talk with @bradleyonishi.bsky.social about the cultural and political fallout after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In this clip, Onishi breaks down the contrasting messages from Kirk's memorial service. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts.

Mitch Randall: "In recent months, two large media conglomerates, Paramount and Disney, have taught the country a valuable lesson: Americans love free market capitalism more than free speech." Read more: ow.ly/YO7W50X2NE1

"Emily, an expert in global health, taught the ins and outs of 'flattening the curve,' transmission mitigation, and what an mRNA vaccine is." Dr. Emily Smith is the Assistant Research Professor of Global Health at Duke & author of "The Science of the Good Samaritan." Read more: ow.ly/x5by50X29IK

Yesterday (September 24), a shooter opened fire on a Dallas ICE office, killing one detainee and injuring two others. For months, the Clergy League for Emergency Action and Response + @faithcommons.bsky.social have led prayer outside where the incident occurred. Read more: ow.ly/ghU150X28yY

@ruffledbygrace.bsky.social: Grief has a way of both stretching and sustaining gratitude. I have deep gratitude for the foundation you helped me build—my education, friendships and traditions. But I am stretched by the rift between who you were and who you have become. Read more: ow.ly/fntj50X0PcX

Happy to announce that Good Faith Media is publishing my next book "Memoir Writing as Spiritual Practice.” @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social If you are a #memoirist to fill out the survey (which contains more information about the project): forms.gle/BhpC86KDAZa9... #BookSky

Starlette Thomas: "The murder of #CharlieKirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) with Bill Montgomery, a retired businessman and Tea Party activist, continues to draw polarizing reactions online, resulting in real-life consequences." Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/the-murder-o...

Rabbi Rami Shapiro: "We Jews are in the early weeks of our fall holy day period. There are three parts to this season that are of spiritual interest: Selichot, Yamim Noraim and Sukkot." goodfaithmedia.org/celebrating-...

"TaNikka Sheppard is out in the world and serving the good news of liberation from old organizational charts and leadership paradigms. The church is better for it." Dr. Sheppard is the founder and President of Sheppard Leadership Solutions. Read more: ow.ly/rbrq50WYOLV

Our media producer Cliff Vaughn met up with Dr. Frank Boehm and Rabbi Mark Schiftan in Nashville to talk about their new book titled, "A Rabbi and a Doctor Walk into a Bar: A Shared Dialogue on Faith and Belief." Learn more about the book: ow.ly/w7zx50WX9PB

"Talking about God is my favorite thing, period. And it’s weird to be a person of faith that isn’t a fundamentalist.” Craig Nash recently spoke with "honky tonk" country artist Ramona Martinez about faith and her band's upcoming album. 🎶 Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/ramona-marti...

Cody Sanders: "With new AI-generated social media content, including deepfakes that are very difficult to detect, even our perceptions of the facts of our wider socio-political world are curated differently for each of us—often with malicious intent." Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/mental-healt...

Paul Raushenbush: "Nobody has been more instrumental in ensuring our democracy has held up thus far. Courage is the synonym for Skye Perryman." Skye is CEO of @democracyforward.org. Read more: ow.ly/GZbT50WY4zp

K. Mekhi Jackson: "In this setting, Christian faith in Carthage carried an inherently political charge. To proclaim Christ as Lord was to resist not only Rome’s religious propaganda, but also its economic exploitation." Read more: ow.ly/696Z50WXucc

The people on GFMs “25 Who Inspire” list are those who show up and bend the world toward justice. They bear witness to the grace of God by faithfully tending the acre entrusted to them. From 9/15-10/19, we will feature a honoree every day. Day 1: Cliff Vaughn— goodfaithmedia.org/25-who-inspi...

Congratulations to #JeffHiller for taking home the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy for #SomebodySomewhere 🥳 Back in June, Good Faith Media interviewed Jeff about his religious upbringing and the message of the show. #Emmys2025 Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/from-the-pew...

Starlette Thomas: "Federal agents can now detain persons based on the social-coloring of their skin. A recent #SupremeCourt decision now allows immigration stops based on race and ethnicity." Read more: ow.ly/2WZN50WWKh1

Thank you @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social for letting me share my story. #baptist #endgunviolence #peace #hope #resist #guns #gardens

Mitch Randall: "A country founded on the genocide of Native Americans, the enslavement of Africans, and the targeting of racialized communities by their own government cannot expect peace to be at the heart of the American psyche." Read more: ow.ly/1Y3K50WVJCR

Sean Palmer: "A nation built upon violence, sustained by violence, and committed to violence as the ultimate problem-solving mechanism should not be surprised when that violence turns inward upon its most vulnerable members." Read more: ow.ly/vwH850WV7OJ

Michael Chancellor: "When we move out of the role of victim, we see how the Epstein survivors mirror what power looks like. They are stepping out together, emerging from the shadows, and finding their voices. In doing that, they have set themselves on a path toward healing." Read: ow.ly/LsvK50WUtUM

In episode 2 of The Raceless Gospel Podcast, we discuss why the peddlers of the hand-me-down talking points of human hierarchy should give it a rest 💤 Our guest is Curtiss Paul DeYoung: racial justice academic, author, and activist. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts or visit ow.ly/yEAZ50WTjGY

"It is hard looking beyond the teachings and traditions that shaped you as a young person to seeing Christ’s embrace that provocatively goes beyond what we would ever expect.” This sermon is from Rev. David McDaniel, pastor of Holmeswood Church in Kansas City. Watch on YouTube: ow.ly/77gg50WTQGw

Read our interview with Kathleen Norris, author of "Rebecca Sue: A Sister’s Reflections on Disability, Faith, and Love." (@ivpress.bsky.social) The book chronicles her sister's life with perinatal hypoxia—brain damage that occurs after being deprived of oxygen during birth. Read: ow.ly/XKE250WTP6H

Keion Jackson: "Burial societies, life insurance cooperatives and independent undertakers emerged during Reconstruction and Jim Crow, ensuring Black families could bury loved ones with dignity." Read more: ow.ly/IfYv50WT73A

Starlette Thomas: This watchword, rooted in African American Vernacular English, is a call to action. Stay woke, which is to say, “Be alert and keep your eyes open to social injustices.” Read more: goodfaithmedia.org/stay-woke/

@craignash.bsky.social: "The damn is breaking, and the results will be a flood of joy and grace that will reach deep into the souls of the entire #Baylor family—even those trying desperately to hold it together with duct tape and dollars." Read more: ow.ly/Nymr50WRRtv

@rmitchrandall.bsky.social: "Victims of #JeffreyEpstein took to the steps of the U.S. Capitol this week to be heard and demand that Congress release more files about the convicted sex offender and his gang of evildoers." Read more: ow.ly/7jqS50WRQ9m

@craignash.bsky.social: Spiritual seekers, misfits, mystics and justice-advocates descended on Van Hoy Farms on Labor Day weekend for the annual #WildGooseFestival. Read our event overview: ow.ly/5usj50WRapf

I had a great time being interviewed by @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social CEO @rmitchrandall.bsky.social and Missy Randall on my new book #Earthbound. Watch for the interview this Friday.... Read my book amzn.to/3JOiSS6 @orbisbooks.bsky.social goodfaithmedia.org/author/grace...

Rebecca M. David Hensley: "The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking at least 392 colleges in 46 states and D.C. complying with Trump’s anti-DEI agenda, and Columbia University recently agreed to pay a $200 million fine to restore federal grant funding." Read more: ow.ly/etnU50WQjzc

Season 6 of The Raceless Gospel Podcast is finally here! In episode 1, we discuss the African American community’s decision to refuse to participate in performative democracy, reclaim the word and embody it in the dream space. 😴💭 Rev. Starlette Thomas welcomes special guest Wendell Griffen.

Last week I talked with @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social about my new @wjkbooks.com book The Seven Mountains Mandate, Charlie Kirk, and the Christian Nationalism “takeover” of the mountain of education, as we see in Oklahoma www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LWj...

Thank you to @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social for publishing my latest! #DeconstructionSky #LGBTQ goodfaithmedia.org/god-in-glitt...

Georgia McKee: "I’ll admit, I felt like fresh meat in a shark tank walking into Truett Seminary. Surrounded by quarter-zips and name tags representing organizations I knew viewed my identity as sinful, I wanted to both hide and make myself known." Read more: ow.ly/mxLN50WNy3V

Chris Murphy: One of the greatest saxophonists and composers of the twentieth century, he shaped the modern jazz landscape through his work with artists like Art Blakey, Miles Davis and Weather Report. Read more: ow.ly/z0ps50WM2AT

Starlette Thomas: "Frederick Douglass asserted the same before her, 'I prefer to be my true self, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false and incur my own abhorrence.' goodfaithmedia.org/the-way-to-o...

Craig Nash: In an interview with his fan club over at Fox & Friends about his attempts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, [Trump] suggested that saving “7,000 a week from being killed” may boost his resume for getting into heaven. Read more: ow.ly/JVGP50WJuKU

Starlette Thomas: "Preachers want to be used by God while knowing nothing of ourselves will remain. Perhaps, this is why Charles Spurgeon warned, 'You better not begin to preach until you are quite sure that God has called you to the work.'" Read more: ow.ly/HCFN50WHw3G

"At its core, Christian Nationalism carries with it nativism, white supremacy, authoritarianism, patriarchy and militarism, all of which it seeks to embed into American politics and laws." My new @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social goodfaithmedia.org/the-false-go...

Peggy Haymes: "Grief leaves us wanting in disturbingly practical ways. Grief brain is a real thing; the fuzzy-headedness that makes even the most commonplace things a wild dance of remembering and forgetting." Read more: ow.ly/X2YU50WFcNj

Rebecca M. David Hensley: "Multiple Israeli defense bills totaling over $22.76 billion have received bipartisan support from Congress, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio has proclaimed that the Trump administration has approved nearly $12 billion more." Read more: ow.ly/80sz50WEzlV

In this week's sermon, Rev. Kristin McAtee uses songs from Isaiah and Psalms to explore a question we never tire of asking: "Who is to blame?" 🧐 Rev. McAtee is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Columbia, MO. Watch: asermonforeverysunday.com