Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on the first public school chaplain in Florida and an excerpt from a conversation with historian Randall Balmer that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness| A Public Witness
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House| A Public Witness
Historian and author Randall Balmer would like to apologize to Ken Burns.| A Public Witness
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in April 2024 allowing public school districts to authorize volunteer chaplains to minister to children,| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a piece on the Charlie Kirk memorial service and a review of a new book by Brian Kaylor that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at how the Department of War is co-opting Bible verses in promotional videos.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Over the summer, a conservative legal group sparked a controversy about Bibles in the chapel at the U.S.| A Public Witness
The Department of Homeland Security posted a promotional video quoting Proverbs that implies undocumented immigrants are wicked and the law enforcement agents pursuing them are righteous.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
The memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday (Sept.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on a conference advocating for religious liberty in public schools that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at a new bill from Sen.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
A report from the two-day Religious Freedom in Public Schools Summit in Dallas, Texas, led by Interfaith Alliance.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
With all the problems facing the nation, U.S.| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we published a look back at a Sunday School lesson by President Jimmy Carter and a reflection after yet another case of political violence.| A Public Witness
“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.”| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a look at an upcoming book that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a report on the anti-vax politics and faith of Florida’s surgeon general.| A Public Witness
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced yesterday (Sept.| A Public Witness
When writing a book, a nerve-racking moment comes when finally sharing it with others to read.| A Public Witness
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a review of a new book on the Book of Revelation that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a report on a Florida county decision to post a highly edited version of the Ten Commandments in government buildings.| A Public Witness
During a debate about displaying the Ten Commandments in local government buildings in southern Florida, Collier County Commissioner Chris Hall dismissed the sacred meaning of the words found in the Bible.| A Public Witness
Revelation is the book of the Bible that everyone talks about but nobody ever reads.| A Public Witness
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month arrested and detained a carpenter named Jesus.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
An award-winning e-newsletter from Word&Way covering faith, culture, & politics. Click to read A Public Witness, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
An award-winning e-newsletter from Word&Way covering faith, culture, & politics. Click to read A Public Witness, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Below is a guest piece from Christi Harlan.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
President Donald Trump wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and sex trafficker who killed himself in 2019.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“It is hard to talk about the state of the church and not talk about what it means to be Christian in these times.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“An unhealed past is why we find ourselves mired in an uncertain and unstable present.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
As Moses came down the mountain with the tablets of the Ten Commandments, Joshua said he heard “the sounds of war in the camp.” But Moses lamented that it’s instead celebratory singing.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“I want to just thank everybody and, in particular, God.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
If you wanted to create a parody commission on religious liberty that actually undermined the stated goal, you’d be hard-pressed to top the actual White House Religious Liberty Commission that held its first meeting Monday (June 16).| publicwitness.wordandway.org
On Thursday (June 12), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the Western Wall to place a note between the stones.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Nearly three years ago, the first issue of A Public Witness took on the National Day of Prayer and why we shouldn’t have one.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
As members of the Missouri Education Committee consider legislation that would mandate the posting of an edited version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, 193 clergy and other faith leaders (and two houses of worship) signed an open letter| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“This was at the founding of our nation.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
Below is a guest report from Matthew Boedy, a professor at the University of North Georgia.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
A coalition of Quakers, Baptists, and Sikhs won round one in faith-based litigation against the Trump administration.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
It sounds like the start of a joke: Mennonites versus Homeland Security.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
“I’ve got a prophetic word for you: We win.| publicwitness.wordandway.org
