November 4, 2026 From Bishop Keith Marshall Something remarkable happened in this week’s elections, and those of us in the mainline Protestant church ought to be paying attention. The election of the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor in Kansas; James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian in Texas; and the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, an ELCA Lutheran pastor in Iowa, offers an interesting glimpse into the place of faith in American public life. These three candidates (and I am sure there are others) are rooted in mainline Protestant traditions who have openly connected their faith with love, justice, […]