A title will go here eventually Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere

The parts of our cities that were redlined to prevent Black families from buying homes there are continuing to pay a high price for that racist decision: bit.ly/4omMs0D

A title will go here eventually Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere

For many years, racist housing/mortgage policies created redlined neighborhoods in cities across the country, including KC. Those destructive chickens have come home to roost: bit.ly/4omMs0D

A title will go here eventually Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere

Did you think that "redlining" neighborhoods was a long-ago problem? It may be illegal now but the problems it left behind still plague cities, including KC: bit.ly/4omMs0D

Words, words, words: Why they're the map and not the territory Learning again from David Bentley Hart

People who take words literally, as if they're more than pointers toward some reality, aren't taking writing, including the words of scripture, seriously: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq

Words, words, words: Why they're the map and not the territory Learning again from David Bentley Hart

People who love the power of words know that even when those words try to describe divine matters, they are not whatever it is they are describing: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq

Taking ‘Bold Political Stances’ To Fight Injustices The new Greater Kansas City Pastors Association looks to revive the Civil Rights Leadership of the Black church

What to do in a profoundly divided country with a dysfunctional government and people in need? A pastors group emerging from the Black Church in KC has an answer: organize: bit.ly/3WoE7wZ

Look for faith's purpose in what is hidden, lost and/or small Lessons for religious people, especially those with big egos

@razyc.bsky.social “Western Christianity has gotten the kingdom of God violently, tragically and blasphemously wrong," the author of an insightful new book says. See if you agree: bit.ly/42Zf2fT

Look for faith's purpose in what is hidden, lost and/or small Lessons for religious people, especially those with big egos

The path to a reliable and generative religious faith, a new book says, is to "unlearn our certainty." In fact, that may be the only path: bit.ly/42Zf2fT

House Democrats investigate Trump's $230M restitution demand for Justice Department The lawmakers called it "an outrageous and shocking attempt to shake down the American people."

Given Trump's effort to get paid $230 million for past investigations into his actions, it's clear that the president really does believe in reparations. Let's hold him to that. www.axios.com/2025/10/23/t...

The continuing shrinkage of Christian churches in the U.S. Not yet clear how this ends

Lots happening today on my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog, from American churches shrinking to something sort of opposite: religion in America becoming more important. Plus several other notes: bit.ly/4nl567v

The continuing shrinkage of Christian churches in the U.S. Not yet clear how this ends

For decades, American Christian churches have been shrinking -- and still are. Well, unless something else is happening, which it might be: bit.ly/4nl567v

With some humor, he's trying to get people to read the Bible seriously Misuse of scripture is widespread

How do you get people to take holy scripture seriously? One way is to use a bit of satirical humor to get their attention: bit.ly/4hhWYU8

With some humor, he's trying to get people to read the Bible seriously Misuse of scripture is widespread

The Bible is, well, serious business. But maybe one way to take it seriously (and not literally) is to have a bit of fun with it: bit.ly/4hhWYU8

With some humor, he's trying to get people to read the Bible seriously Misuse of scripture is widespread

One way to encourage people to read the Bible and take it seriously (not literally) is to approach the subject with a little humor. Really: bit.ly/4hhWYU8

Are people of faith really happier than others? A perplexing question, for sure

Surveys show that people in religious congregations are happier than non-religious folks. If that's true, why? Some thoughts on my blog today: bit.ly/4nQxX4H

We have no idea what fired Johnson County teacher faced in the classroom | Opinion Unless this is your profession, you don’t know what it takes to lead a classroom of 20 to 30 students every day. | Opinion

It turns out I'm not the only Tammeus with opinions who shows up in The Kansas City Star's editorial pages. Here's a gift link to a great column today by my daughter Kate: www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Are people of faith really happier than others? A perplexing question, for sure

If studies are right, people of faith seem happier about life than others. If that's true, why? That subject and more on my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog today: bit.ly/4nQxX4H

In many ways we're surrounded by people in crises who are hurting A book about fathers asks us to be good neighbors

Do we always know the burdens the people next to us are carrying? Their wounds? Their traumas? No, so we must treat them well: bit.ly/46MnwJv

In many ways we're surrounded by people in crises who are hurting A book about fathers asks us to be good neighbors

Often without knowing it, we are with people -- even in religious services -- who are in some kind of crisis. We need to be more sensitive to that reality: bit.ly/46MnwJv

In many ways we're surrounded by people in crises who are hurting A book about fathers asks us to be good neighbors

Even at worship services we often are surrounded by people -- like the author of this new book -- experiencing crisis. We'd do well to be alert to that reality: bit.ly/46MnwJv

Pope Leo may need this help to warn about the dangers of AI Karth Barth to the rescue

On my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog today you'll find thoughts about A.I. and, separately, our distressing gun culture: bit.ly/48qyENz

Pope Leo may need this help to warn about the dangers of AI Karth Barth to the rescue

When Pope Leo XIV criticizes artificial intelligence, he needs more arguments. I've found him some on today's Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog: bit.ly/48qyENz

Maybe Americans can find their way forward by paying attention to Indigenous wisdom A new book urges us to learn Native ways

As we Americans try to understand and overcome the profound challenges facing us now, we can learn from Indigenous wisdom: bit.ly/4gRemyI

Maybe Americans can find their way forward by paying attention to Indigenous wisdom A new book urges us to learn Native ways

If Americans paid more attention to Indigenous wisdom, we almost certainly would find our way through our current troubles more quickly. On my blog today I recommend a book that makes that argument: bit.ly/4gRemyI

Maybe Americans can find their way forward by paying attention to Indigenous wisdom A new book urges us to learn Native ways

A good variety of things to read on my Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog today. Have at it: bit.ly/4gRemyI

First, welcome to my blog on Substack And then on to a book of spiritual mysticism and mystery

On my first Substack-only blog post, the subjects today are: A mystically engaging new book and some thoughts about who the new pope is turning out to be: bit.ly/42jnndU

First, welcome to my blog on Substack And then on to a book of spiritual mysticism and mystery

As of today, my "Bill's 'Faith Matters' Blog is on Substack full time. In this post I introduce you to a wonderfully weird new book and say a few words about who Pope Leo is becoming: bit.ly/42jnndU

Did 'Intelligent Design' lead to widespread skepticism about science? The Intelligent Design (I.D.) movement began in the late 1980s and died -- though some still refuse to recognize its demise -- in a court case in 2005. What I remember most about it after writing a bi...

Much of the current skepticism about science may have had its roots in the now mostly dead Intelligent Design movement: bit.ly/47Z0AYz

9/11 Pain Continues as Justice System Plods Along Kansas City journalists Bill Tammeus and Mike Casey, both working at the Kansas City Star at the time, lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks.

My latest Flatland column -- about 9/11 families like mine and a colleague's continuing to be denied justice -- now is online here: bit.ly/4nTJrnR

Did 'Intelligent Design' lead to widespread skepticism about science? We're paying a price for 'creationist' science

What caused the current round of skepticism about science and its findings? Maybe we should start with the old Intelligent Design movement. On my blog here: billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/did-intell... and here: bit.ly/47Z0AYz