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  Editorial: What will we do when health care gets personal?

  Editor Eric Black follows up on his editorial about who should pay for healthcare after breaking his wrist and ending up in the ER.

  05/13/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Who should pay for health care?

  Our health care is in a pickle, and we need to bring our best minds and efforts to the quandary, because it affects us all.

  05/05/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: For Christians, public policy is about love of neighbor

  Editor Eric Black looks at three issues, among several, many Texas Baptists are following in the 87th Texas Legislature.

  04/28/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Is a guilty verdict justice, a miscarriage or something else?

  Editor Eric Black responds to the verdicts against Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of killing George Floyd.

  04/21/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Listening for God amid sorrow, anger and unrest

  Listening is hard, uncomfortable and vital for the days we are in, Editor Eric Black contends, noting listening requires practice.

  04/14/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Every tribe, language, people and nation, on earth as in heaven

  Editor Eric Black sees in the Book of Revelation and the Lord’s Prayer clues to how Christians should regard those unlike them.

  04/08/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Should we care church membership is down?

  If church membership is about incarnation more than institution, we should be concerned about its decline, Editor Eric Black contends.

  03/31/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Contempt: Stop violence against others where it starts

  Legislation and regulation might help reduce some violence, but to stop it, we need to surrender our disdain for others.

  03/25/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Thousands of minors: What if Jesus tells us to feed them?

  Editor Eric Black asks, “What would you do if 3,000 people came to you, and Jesus told you to feed them?” He considers possible responses.

  03/17/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: A year with COVID-19, and where are we?

  Editor Eric Black reflects on where we are one year after the first closures in Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  03/10/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Mask or no mask: Are we (still) on the same team?

  Editor Eric Black responds to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Mar. 2 announcement about masks by encouraging Christians to focus on their common ground.

  03/03/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Winter storm damage may reveal a deeper problem

  Trying to figure out who’s responsible for recent winter storm damages can be an exercise in seeing a deeper and more pervasive problem.

  02/24/2021 - By Eric Black / Editor