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July 13, 2025

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Texas flood washes away dozens of young girls from Christian camp

The close-knit camp community in the Texas Hill Country will never be the same. Early morning on the Fourth of July, record-setting flash floods swept away 27 girls at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, and washed through campgrounds where....


Trump and Netanyahu may take a victory lap on Iran, but the Gaza war looms over their meeting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump might look to take a victory lap on Monday after their recent joint strikes on Iran, hailed by both as an unmitigated success. But as they meet at the White House for the....


Ancient Egyptian city unearthed

A joint British-Egyptian excavation at the site of Tell Nebesha in northern Egypt has uncovered the ancient city of Imet. Although excavations had previously been conducted in the area, the town had remained largely untouched by....


‘Chipping away at democracy’: authors fear outcome of US supreme court’s LGBTQ+ book ruling

Sarah Brannen, an illustrator and children’s book author, was riding in the car with her sister when she received an alert on her phone in late June. She was in a group chat with other authors whose books were being debated in a US supreme court ....


Fired for misgendering? Woman fights back after termination

A woman is taking action against her former employer over the claim that she was fired for misgendering a fellow employee. Jocelyn Boden, a former store manager for a Bath & Body Works location in Utah, was reportedly fired for “refusing to.....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Dual Citizenship: What does it mean to be a Christian and a citizen of the United States?

One of my Facebook friends posted a rather bizarre photo a couple of years ago. He and his sons professed a fervent evangelical Christian faith, as well as a strong dedication to the “Tea Party” political ideology of limited government and low taxes....


Alligator Auschwitz and the Rhetoric of Genocide

There has been considerable hysteria surrounding the Trump presidency this year. Honestly, from my perspective, much of it is deserved. There has been no secret about my disagreement with Trumpian politics or MAGA Christianity. But Trumpism...


Rare 1847 anti-slavery scroll unearthed in Massachusetts Baptist archive

A rare abolitionist scroll, signed by 116 New England Baptist ministers in 1847, has resurfaced in a Massachusetts archive. Volunteer researcher Jennifer Cromack found the 5-foot-long handwritten declaration in a slim box among 18th- and 19th-....


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COMMENTARY

Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?

One aspect of the Republicans’ big, ugly bill that didn’t get enough attention until Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez elevated it over the last few days is the massive amounts of money it directs to the apprehension and detention of...


In Defense of Colloquial Theology

When the world is in chaos, well-meaning people look to console those they love—and there’s no question that the world is in chaos. Our news cycle is swirling with immigrant deportations, polarizing politics, and escalating conflicts in the Middle....


The American Revolution Was a Really Big Deal

Today, July 4, marks the 249th birthday of the United States of America. That puts America 365 days from the big 250, a pretty good run for something as temporary-sounding as the “American Experiment.” In light of this, The Dispatch is launching....


“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity”

William Butler Yeatts, “The Second Coming,” 1919: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide....


Torah Portion Chukat – When Death Brings Life

This week’s Torah Portion Chukat draws us into some of the most mysterious and meaningful elements of Torah: the paradox of the red heifer, the loss of Miriam and Aaron, the sin of Moses and the rock, and Israel’s continued journey toward the....



GOOD NEWS

Harvesting sea urchins could save dying kelp forests all while making $92M, new study finds

A new study from researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology found that saving kelp forests is not only good for the oceans — it’s good for the economy as well. In the study, which was published in Ecosystem Services, the team....


Victory Christian Center Holds Prison Outreach for 751 Inmates in Oklahoma

More than 700 inmates and prison staff gathered last week at the John H. Lilley Correctional Center in Boley, Oklahoma, for a large-scale outreach event led by Victory Christian Center. Organized by Pastor Paul Daugherty and a team of 32....


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