Interfaith worship outside #Broadview ICE facility. 📸: @marabim.bsky.social

@marabim.bsky.social is reporting live from Broadview, IL, outside the ICE facility where peaceful protestors have gathered for interfaith worship. Livestreams available here: www.facebook.com/mara.richard...

Check out my interview with @marabim.bsky.social and @baptistnews.com about how @govpritzker.illinois.gov and the Illinois State Police are assaulting protestors including shooting me with a pepper ball at close range for protesting the torture conditions in Broadview’s ICE facility.

@marabim.bsky.social talks to Pastor Michael Woolf about ICE, peaceful protests, and state violence in and around Chicago. baptistnews.com/article/a-co...

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced plans to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026 with a one-dollar coin depicting President Donald Trump. baptistnews.com/article/rend...

A Sunday announcement that President Donald Trump had pardoned Rudy Giuliani and more than 70 others who promoted Trump’s lies about the 2020 election shows he continues using his power in his second term to promote the mischief he incited during his first term. baptistnews.com/article/trum...

Sean C. Dunn, a former paralegal in the Department of Justice, was acquitted of misdemeanor charges for hurling a footlong salami sub at “point-blank” range toward a Border Patrol agent clad in an armored vest in Washington, D.C. bit.ly/3Xm0H9Q

"Thanks to the rise of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the fringe movement of Doug Wilson is now in power at the Pentagon." baptistnews.com/article/sex-...

After a weekend of rapid-fire developments in the battle over food benefits for hungry families, the Trump administration has tripled down on its demands that SNAP payments not be made during the government shutdown. baptistnews.com/article/trum...

"Once again, the problem with white Christian nationalism — as embodied by American evangelicals today — is that they’ve thrown Jesus overboard." baptistnews.com/article/the-...

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to write this tribute on the late Dr. Phyllis Trible for @baptistnews.com. She gave many of us permission: baptistnews.com/article/reme...

A new fault line is quickly dividing American conservatism: A political strategy called “No Enemies to the Right.” baptistnews.com/article/no-e...

Rev. Hannah Kardon who was violently arrested at an #ICE facility protest last month in #Broadview speaks out tonight on the latest episode of HIGHEST POWER: Church + State. Don't miss it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Check out my latest -- my reflection that most Americans reject the MAGA Worldview (in @baptistnews.com) @prri.org . baptistnews.com/article/most...

Where are they now? 🎙️ Hear from sexual abuse survivors about their trauma and healing journeys in the final episode of Non-Disclosure: The Silenced Stories of Kanakuk Kamps Survivors. #podcast #healing #kanakuk Listen to Episode 7: apple.co/4nwj4Up

The final episode. Tomorrow. #podcast #trauma #healing

“It always felt like I could either be a lesbian or believe in God, but being forced to choose made me feel incomplete.” baptistnews.com/article/we-n...

“I don’t know if I’ve started ignoring everything because I got used to the ugliness, or because the smell of cannabis makes it easier not to care.” baptistnews.com/article/in-l...

A 130-year-old Baptist church in Manhattan has become a model for how to revitalize aging congregations through creative land use and partnerships. baptistnews.com/article/manh...

“Vance and Trump still think this is a game as our political rhetoric approaches the nuances of an all-out war.” baptistnews.com/article/its-...

Episode 6 of NON-DISCLOSURE: The Silenced Stories of Kanakuk Kamps Survivors is out now. 🎙️ Host Mallory Challis and Kanakuk survivors discuss purity culture, reframing scripture and becoming a conqueror of trauma. Listen below. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Ill., was violently arrested along with eight others at a peaceful protest at the Broadview ICE facility Friday. baptistnews.com/article/unit...

"Our inability to agree on what hate is may be an indicator of our spiritual condition. This disagreement follows in the wake of our inability to know the meaning of evil and what constitutes inhumanity." baptistnews.com/article/when...

Listen now to NON-DISCLOSURE Episode 5 - Lethal Theologies: How Christian institutions are made ripe for abuse. apple.co/4h9N9aB

I’m in Chicago for @baptistnews.com Here are some photos from last night’s protest at the detention center.

"As the State Police pushed protesters and the press back several blocks, 15 protesters took part in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience. Some locked arms. Some simply stood their ground and refused to move. They were arrested." baptistnews.com/article/what...

A federal appeals court has tossed out its previous ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is “plainly unconstitutional” and announced all 17 of its judges will now reconsider the case. baptistnews.com/article/enti...

"By blending self-help, misogyny and religious rhetoric, these influencers cloak toxic masculinity in divine authority." baptistnews.com/article/god-...

Giving to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program unified budget has declined in seven of the past 10 years, with receipts for the year just ended being 4.4% less than a decade ago. baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...

“The tragic impact of these federal budget cuts is felt by nonprofits and the survivors they serve.” baptistnews.com/article/chan...

While some Baptist churches are actively running away from any hint of supporting women in leadership, a Florida Baptist church recently ordained four women as ministers on the same day. baptistnews.com/article/flor...

The Trump administration’s elimination of annual food insecurity reports will plunge the nation into the dark when it comes to feeding hungry Americans, nutrition advocates say. baptistnews.com/article/trum...

"When news broke that a shooter had killed a detainee and wounded two others, my phone began ringing nonstop. Our group wasn’t at the facility on the morning of the shooting, but we know the area well." baptistnews.com/article/in-d...

“Repeating the same tactic breeds habituation. Authorities adapt, the media loses interest, and participants burn out.” @carmitage.bsky.social @baptistnews.com baptistnews.com/article/the-...

"What went around for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary three decades ago has come back around for Baylor University this fall." baptistnews.com/article/in-a...

This summer brought a curious announcement in the history of Christian filmmaking: 21 years after his hit biblical epic The Passion of the Christ made religious filmmaking history, Mel Gibson’s long-rumored sequel finally was announced. baptistnews.com/article/mayb...

"When Ben Cole and I sat down with Jodi Chapman in Nashville two days ago, we did not realize the incredible timing of what was about to take place." baptistnews.com/article/a-ti...

“The type of truth telling that is necessary cannot be negotiated and reduced to some kind of feel-good day of playing with the truth.” baptistnews.com/article/why-...

"What do we do to get rid of fascist tyranny? Even if we can’t get rid of authoritarianism, is it worth dying to try?" baptistnews.com/article/7-th...

A q/a with @baptistnews.com and @greg1garrett.bsky.social about my new @wjkbooks.com book on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA: baptistnews.com/article/in-c...

“We must care about these stories because these injustices happen in Christian institutions every day. Survivors everywhere continue to live in the bondage of silence, and this truth has the power to set them free.” baptistnews.com/article/new-...

"For many of us in Palestine, the basement is not just a metaphor. It’s where our faith has lived for generations, quietly, sometimes painfully." baptistnews.com/article/wres...

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, public employees across the nation are being suspended, investigated and even fired due to their social media posts about Kirk and his death. baptistnews.com/article/can-...

"There’s another odd trend that’s beginning to spring up. Rather than reflecting on the words Kirk said during his life, evangelicals are creating AI videos of Kirk talking to evangelicals after his death." baptistnews.com/article/two-...

This article I wrote for @baptistnews.com was originally published in April. It’s even more relevant now. I condemn his murder and grieve for his widow and children. And, the mark of spiritual and emotional maturity is the ability to hold multiple truths at once. baptistnews.com/article/how-...

“Charlie Kirk was a political advocate first and an evangelical Christian second.” baptistnews.com/article/will...

Who was Charlie Kirk? baptistnews.com/article/how-...

"Ask yourself this: Who benefits most from Kirk’s untimely death? The answer: Donald Trump." baptistnews.com/article/the-...

Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old Christian nationalist political activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead during an event he was hosting Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University near Provo. baptistnews.com/article/maga...

"This is not about left or right, Democrat or Republican. It is about whether leaders reflect the justice, compassion and truth of Jesus Christ." baptistnews.com/article/what...