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Welton comments on importance of civility in our public discourse, the damage we see caused by incivility, and why it’s been a top goal of State of Belief for 10 years now.

There may not be a war on Christmas or persecution of Christians in America, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t angry about their perception that there is. Jay Michaelson – a rabbi, [...]

In too much of the country the only faith voices – if not the only voices of any kind – that you’ll hear on the radio are from the most conservative among us. State of Belief itself was born out [...]

It’s a phrase we’re all too familiar with: after every tragedy, politicians and public figures take to social media and offer their “thoughts and prayers” for the victims. In the immediate [...]

Rev. Michael McBride, the leader of the PICO National Network’s Live Free campaign, has been a frequent guest on the show and an inspiration to many of our listeners. Over the years we’ve watched [...]

Any delusions that the New Year might start quietly are clearly over as State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, comes back with an action-packed show. Our host, Rev. [...]

Here’s what’s coming up this weekend on State of Belief Radio – The president announces executive actions to fight gun violence. We’ll talk with Pastor Mike McBride of the PICO [...]

Our celebration of the ten-year anniversary of State of Belief continues with an interview from 2009, when author and activist Samir Selmanovic spoke with us about his book, It’s Really All About [...]

We’ll start this week’s commemoration of ten years of State of Belief by sharing a 2008 interview with the late Rev. Forrest Church, a writer, speaker, and theologian. Rev. Church served as a [...]

Religion has received a lot of attention in the last year and, in our annual reflection on the year in religion news, we’ll discuss both the prominent stories and the lesser-known, but still [...]