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And we get a Word from Welton about what’s on his mind this Thanksgiving weekend.   Hear the full November 28, 2020 State of Belief Radio program here.

For an inspiring story fitting for Thanksgiving, we revisit a 2007 segment profiling the SAME Café (the name an abbreviation for the phrase “So All May Eat”) in Denver, Colorado – which is still going [...]

Despite all of the change over the last few years in particular, Rabbi Arthur Waskow argues that everything in religion is on the verge of changing once again, this time for the better. In his new [...]

In the 2002 film What Do You Believe, director Sarah Feinbloom presented a diverity of religious views held by six American teenagers. Close to two decades later, after countless societal changes, [...]

As Thanksgiving arrives and kicks off the holiday season, the presidential transition is also ramping up. President-elect Biden has announced several of his Cabinet nominees and President Trump is [...]

Dr. Ron Sider is not new to channeling religion into social action. Through his founding of Christians for Social Action and his work on numerous books, Ron has always spoken his mind on threats to [...]

And a Word from Welton highlights that in a time of fear and suffering for many, it remains in our own hands to create much of what we most want to be able to be grateful for during the coming [...]

Having effectively worked to activate faith-driven voters in the recent election, Rev. Nathan Empsall and Faithful America have pivoted their work to focus on counting every vote and ensuring [...]

When Pastor June Joplin came out in a COVID-era video sermon as a transgender woman to her Baptist congregation in Ontario, the church narrowly voted to end her tenure. Despite the lack of acceptance [...]

The timely intersection of this divisive election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought questions of freedom and faith into the forefront of American political discourse. As far-right groups [...]