The inaugural episode of Barbara Beck’s "Telling Truths" was a Facebook LIVE conversation on Racial Reconciliation with Dr. Joel C. Hunter and Lady Deborah Wiggins.

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The presidential nominating conventions playing out these past two weeks across the nation’s television and computer screens have been about more than a fight for power. They have also served as the latest staging of the American battle for God — in which…

A former parishioner asked for my “opinion from a Christian viewpoint” on Black Lives Matter, #Walkaway, and Blexit. As far as I can tell, these are all reactions that resist society’s stereotypes. BLM is protesting our nation’s devaluing of Black lives. The other two are new organizations proclaiming independent thinking from the Democratic Party but who also seem interested in bashing it. The parishioner, Anna, wrote that she had “so much unrest and anxiety about the future” and the current racial and political conflicts are a part of her fear. This is what I told her…

I have interviewed many people over the years, but I don’t think any of those conversations has ever been as timely and important as this one with Pastor Joel Hunter, a theologically conservative Christian who for eight years was a spiritual advisor to the theologically liberal President Barack Obama. Now retired from full time pastoring, the former senior pastor of “Northland, A Church Distributed,” in Central Florida, stays as busy as ever building bridges and coalitions to help people who are in vulnerable communities….

ORLANDO, Fla. — As protests around the country spark a bigger conversation about criminal justice reform, community bail funds, which help people accused of low-level, non-violent crimes pay their way out of jail before trial, are seeing a huge boost in donations. Channel 9 investigative reporter Karla Ray learned that’s true for a community bail fund started…

A good young white pastor called me, a pastor for 50 years, and said, “I feel that to not address what happened to George Floyd would be pastoral malfeasance. How do I deal respectfully with very conservative…

Despite all the losses, challenges and restrictions brought on by the coronavirus, some faith leaders are leaning in to help find solutions…

The global response to the coronavirus pandemic provides a lesson for humanity on the importance of unifying in response to worldwide crises, including climate change, Catholic and evangelical clergy agreed during an online discussion. Panelists: Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, former pastor Northland, A Church Distributed, Chairman Community Resource Network;…

A great discussion regarding moral and ethical approaches to gun concerns and gun safety in the time of COVID-19, when there is an increase in gun sales, domestic violence, suicide, as well as the need for safe gun storage while kids are sequestered in the home during the pandemic. Hosted by Rev. Rob Schenck of The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute with panelists…