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Vile enough to be faithful: A pastoral word to Montana

There are moments when a pastor must speak not because it is comfortable, but because silence would betray the gospel. I am troubled—deeply troubled—by the rise of anti‑union and anti‑labor sentiment forming here in Great Falls and beyond. This concern is not ideological. It is pastoral.

WATCH: Senate panel OKs limits on protests near worship

(The Center Square) – Protesters outside churches, synagogues and other religious places will have to keep a certain distance from places of worship if the California Legislature passes a new bill. Assembly Bill 2664, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon, would require protesters to stay at least 100

'Marvelous blessings:' LDS officials break ground for Missoula temple

Construction for a Missoula temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints broke ground with a ceremony in Lower Miller Creek on Saturday morning, featuring national and local LDS church officials. The temple, the first in western Montana, holds a higher spiritual meaning to church members than

Chicks on the pond | Mary Sheehy Moe

I was a sister wedged in birth order between two brothers. All my cousins my age were boys. All the neighborhood kids my age were boys. So my childhood game wasn’t house. It was baseball. There was always a pick-up game going on in my neighborhood — a real

‘Authentic community’: Churches seek local resonance, but the path isn’t always easy

‘Authentic community’: Churches seek local resonance, but the path isn’t always easy

Kristen Spiker and David Joyner both know how important outreach is for churches to energize congregations and engage with their local communities. “For us, outreach is a big deal,” said Spiker, who is executive pastor of ministry for Element Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. “Our goal is to make notable impacts

Say no to the yes-men | Mary Sheehy Moe

Here we are again — drowning in post-Citizens United swill. Every other TV commercial has this candidate touring a factory, that one standing on a mountaintop in his plaid flannel shirt, yet another firing her gun to display her Second-Amendment bona fides — or put her dog down, maybe. Every

Hegseth's church brings its Christian nationalism to Washington

Hegseth's church brings its Christian nationalism to Washington

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth invited Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes a woman's right to vote, to preach at the Defense Department earlier this year. Six months before, Hegseth attended the first service of a new church set up in Washington by Wilson's small Idaho-