Brian has written numerous editorials and news articles for various publications, and has reported on location from across the country and 23 other nations. Send feedback or questions to [email protected].
- Brian writes a weekly editorial for Word&Way. Find those here.
- Brian wrote more than 270 articles and columns for Ethics Daily (now known as Good Faith Media). Find those here.
- Brian has written more than 30 articles at Baptist News Global. Find those here.
- Brian also wrote more than 80 columns for Churchnet, and edited its award-winning e-magazine (2014-2017)
Other articles & columns:
- Missouri Independent (Jan. 25, 2022): Eric Schmitt Fails a Moral Test on School Masks
- Boston Globe (Jan. 15, 2021): Boston was Right to Refuse to Fly Christian Flag (co-authored with Rachel Laser)
- Kansas City Star (Dec. 2, 2021): Jay Ashcroft is Serving Only the God of GOP Politics
- Missouri Times (July 21, 2021): Let’s Get Vaccinated, in Jesus’s Name (co-authored with Christopher Dixon)
- Church & State (July-August, 2021): Skipping Sunday: Why this Baptist Minister didn’t Attend Church On July 4
- Nashville Tennessean (June 15, 2021): Former Southern Baptist Convention President Paige Patterson has Controversial Past Church Must Reckon with
- Good Faith Media (May 5, 2021): Standing for Truth – And the Right to Tell It
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Feb. 28, 2021): Missouri Rushes to Honor Limbaugh but Ignores Civil Rights Hero C.T. Vivian
- Kansas City Star (Feb. 17, 2021): Blunt, Hawley Must Rethink their Legacies
- Missouri Times (Feb. 10, 2021): Guns Shouldn’t Trump the First Amendment
- Missouri Independent (Feb. 1, 2021): There should be no pandemic privilege for religion
- Louisville Courier-Journal (Jan. 13, 2021): Mohler Should Step Down from Southern Baptist Leadership After Embracing Trump
- Roll Call (Jan. 5, 2021): The Democratic Sin of Congressional Chaplains
- Kansas City Star (Sept. 6, 2020): Don’t Snuff Out the Light Online
- Good Faith Media (Jul. 17, 2020): Baylor, White Churches Must Bare Racist Pasts Before Reparations
- Kansas City Star (Mar. 26, 2020): Parson Should Ban In-Person Church Services in Missouri
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mar. 11, 2020): Missouri Compromise Bicentennial Must Include an Official Apology for Slavery
- Sojourners (Dec. 5, 2019): Impeaching King Herod
- Christian Citizen (Nov. 1, 2019): Of Trees and Thornbushes
- Baptist Times (Jul. 15, 2019): Global Baptists Speak Out on Women, Intolerance
- Christian Citizen (May 21, 2019): Reclaiming the Historic Understanding of Religious Liberty for All
- Reflections (Sept.-Dec. 2018): wrote seven daily devotionals
- Kansas City Star (Sept. 20, 2018): Political Activity Ban Actually Protects Churches
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Sept 6, 2018): Kavanaugh Works to Dismantle Wall Between Church, State
- Baptist World (Jan.-Mar. 2018): How the Reformation (and a Baptist Meeting) Changed MLK’s Name
- Report from the Capital (Jan./Feb. 2018): A Conversation with Amanda Tyler
- Report from the Capital (July/Aug. 2017): Global Baptists Urge Religious Liberty for All
- Baptist Times (Jul 11, 2017): Global Baptists Promote Religious Liberty Concerns
- Religion News Service (June 2, 2017): I Refuse to Forget the Christians Advocating for Climate Action
- Red Letter Christians (Sept. 15, 2016): Bearing Witness on Moral Day of Action
- Red Letter Christians (Aug. 23, 2016): Political Slogans For Christians to Rally Behind
- Red Letter Christians (Apr. 26, 2016): An Eye For An Eye Makes the Bible Blind
- Wall of Separation (Apr. 22, 2016): This Baptist Minister Opposes Discrimination. Read To Find Out Why.
- Coracle (Mar. 23, 2016): Experiencing Cotton Patch Moments
- Red Letter Christians (Mar. 3, 2016): What Would Jesus of Valdosta Say to Donald Trump?
- Washington Post (Feb. 29, 2016): Why Exit Pollsters Desperately Need to Get Religion
- Sojourners (Feb. 24, 2016): Religious Worship is Political
- Reflections (Jan.-Mar. 2016): wrote seven daily devotionals
- Religion News Service (Dec. 2, 2015): Why I Will Provide a Christian Moral Witness at the Paris Climate Conference
- Baptist Times (Feb. 5, 2015): Nigerian Baptists React to Kerry’s Visit Ahead of Election
- Baptist World (Oct.-Dec. 2014): Middle Eastern Baptists Share Fears, Hopes as Minority Faith
- Baptist World (Oct.-Dec. 2013): Sam Sharpe, Jamaican Revolutionary Hero
- Baptist World (Oct.-Dec. 2013): Guiding Document on Intra-Baptist Relations Ratified
- WMRA’s “The Spark” (Sept. 10, 2012): Interview with Lenny Jordan.
- Bark (Sept. 2012): Dog’s breathing [poem].
- Communication Currents (Oct. 1, 2011): Destroying a Church Building to Advance Free Speech Rights
- CNN (Sept. 14, 2011): Don’t Be Fooled by Candidates’ God Talk
- Harrisonburg Daily News-Record (Mar. 15, 2011): King Hearings Creating Division
- Christian Ethics Today (Winter 2010): Some Baptists Echo “Lie of the Year”
- Houston Chronicle (Sept. 11, 2010): Kennedy Speech Eloquently Balanced Religion, Politics
- WMRA’s “Civic Soapbox” (Sept. 10, 2010): James Madison and Religious Liberty for All
- Birmingham News (May 31, 2010): Roy Moore’s Fate Should Serve as a Warning About Movements
- Roanoke Times (May 5, 2010): Preaching True Religious Freedom
- WMRA’s “Civic Soapbox” (Jul. 31, 2009): Unconstitutional Religious Tests for Political Office
- Virginian-Pilot (May 27, 2009): No Liberty at Liberty U.
- Roanoke Times (May 8, 2009): A Disingenuous Attack Against McAuliffe
- Religion Dispatches (August 6, 2008): Religious Right Prays for ‘Good’ Rain Over Obama
- Religion Dispatches (May 27, 2008): American Idol(atry): McCain-as-Jesus
- Columbia Missourian (May 14, 2008): Evangelicals’ Ties Should be to Bible
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 12, 2008): Stop Stereotyping Evangelicals
- Religion Dispatches (Apr. 10, 2008): Stop Playing Politics with Prayer
- Columbia Tribune (Feb. 19, 2008): Missouri’s Evangelicals Stereotyped
- New Baptist Covenant. (Feb. 1, 2008): Medical Professionals Urge Congregational Health Advocacy
- New Baptist Covenant. (Feb. 1, 2018): Mainstream Baptists Hear Shurden, Honor Lolley
- New Baptist Covenant. (Jan. 31, 2008): Give Students a Cause Worthy of Their Devotion, Panelists Urge
- Kansas City Star (Dec. 20, 2007): Keep Congress Away from Holy Days
- Boone County Democrat (Dec. 2007): Weighing in on Civic Engagement
- SojoMail (May 19, 2006): The Prom, Camels, and Stephen Colbert
- Mainstream Messenger (Oct. 13, 2003): California Dreaming
- Mainstream Messenger (Sept. 2003): SBC, CBF, BWA, and Billiards
- And several items as student journalist in Omnibus and SBU Forensic Journal