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IN THE MARGINS: When Cracker Barrel changed its logo (and changed it back)

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IN THE MARGINS: When Cracker Barrel changed its logo (and changed it back)

August 27, 2025

By Tony MartinEditor If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you probably saw that Cracker Barrel stirred up quite the fuss. The company…

IN THE MARGINS: Absent from the body, present with the Lord

IN THE MARGINS: Absent from the body, present with the Lord

August 24, 2025

IN THE MARGINS: When God breaks you

IN THE MARGINS: When God breaks you

August 14, 2025

IN THE MARGINS: What if we got it right?

IN THE MARGINS: What if we got it right?

August 6, 2025

IN THE MARGINS: Stapled to my heart

IN THE MARGINS: Stapled to my heart

July 30, 2025

Clergy Act advances from House
Ways and Means Committee
DALLAS – On Dec. 10 the House Ways and Means Committee advanced the Clergy Act, H.R. 227, in a bipartisan, unanimous vote. The Clergy Act would provide ministers who opted out of Social Security a one-time window to opt back in. The bipartisan legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by California Congressmen Vince Fong and Mike Thompson, and has gained the support of several co-sponsors. The legislation is supported by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention and other leaders from a wide variety of large and historic denominational benefit boards. In a news release issued by Rep. Fong’s office, GuideStone President Hance Dilbeck expressed gratitude to Fong for his leadership. The Clergy Act would create a two-year window beginning in 2029 that would allow eligible ministers who have opted out of Social Security to revoke their exemption and begin contributing. Ministers must still meet the standard 10-year contribution requirement to earn full retired-worker benefits, receiving benefits proportional to their contributions.