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Bridge-Builder Latasha Morrison: Christians Should Lead Racial Reconciliation Conversation

By Julie Lyons
Jul 19, 2019

Latasha Morrison is one of the most prominent Christian advocates of racial reconciliation. The organization she founded, Be the Bridge, provides training materials for Christians to launch small, diverse discussion groups focused on racial unity. Many of these “Bridge Builder” groups exist in the Dallas area. In October, Morrison will...
Sparrow Falls: ‘Whiteness’ Brings Down Dallas’ Biggest Christian Racial Reconciliation Conference

By Julie Lyons
Jul 17, 2019

Women were getting up and walking out in twos and threes, and at some point I realized they weren’t all taking a potty break. With eye rolls and grumpy looks, they trudged up the stairs to the balcony exit in the Music Hall at Fair Park. We were here on...
Robert Jeffress Wants a Mean "Son of a Gun" for President, Says Trump Isn't a Racist

By Julie Lyons
Apr 5, 2016

Is there another Dallasite who has made the national news as often as Dr. Robert Jeffress this year? The 60-year-old pastor of 12,000-member Dallas First Baptist has become the most prominent evangelical leader supporting Donald Trump, earning him rebukes from other church leaders, such as when he commented last month...
Onward Christian Soldiers: Donald Trump Is Just As Divisive Among Evangelicals

By Julie Lyons
Apr 5, 2016

If we ever needed proof, we got it when Donald Trump opened his mouth at Liberty University and made his infamous reference to “2 Corinthians.” After wiping off the drool from laughing so hard, evangelicals knew with certainty that he was not one of us. Every American evangelical spanning the...
A Survivor of the Waco Biker Shooting Talks about the Aftermath, Claims Police Didn't Help Wounded

By Julie Lyons
Jan 19, 2016

John Wilson, who leads the McLennan County chapter of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club, was in the Waco Twin Peaks parking lot when shooting broke out on May 17 between the Bandidos and Cossacks. His son Jake Wilson was also there. John Wilson owns Legend Cycles in Waco. He and his...

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