Have you ever wondered who the people are behind the by-line in the paper? Carmen talks with Washington Post Religion reporter Michelle Boorstein @MBoorstein about religion reporting as America becomes both more and less religious. Professor Hunter Baker joins Carmen for another effort at thinking in public at the intersection of religion and politics. They […]
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior joins Carmen on launch day for the new book, Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues. The book covers everything from sexuality to immigration to capital punishment with contributions from a variety of authors who represent a panorama of perspectives – but who all identify as Christian. How can that […]
Tommy Binion from The Daily Signal joins Carmen for a conversation about immigration headlines including DACA, border facilities, deportations, policies and proposed changes. What do you now about Critical Theory? How is different from Critical Race Theory? Where Christians are rightly talking about CRT how are some also wrongly adopting Critical Theory as a comprehensive […]
Dr. Linda Mintle and Carmen talk about the epidemics of depression and suicide as well as how to handle yourself when engaging with a person who suffers with antisocial personality disorder. Dr. David Aikman then joins Carmen to trot the globe! Their conversation ranges from the UK Ambassador to the U.S. and Hong Kong to […]
Carmen returns from vacation to discuss the christening of the latest Windsor baby in Great Britain. She explores the topic more fully in a blog posted here. Ruth Kramer from Mission Network News shares about the status of girls in Pakistan who are married off at very young ages and the current effort to restrict […]
Only Ohio and Tennessee continue to uphold biological reality on birth certificates as Kansas becomes the 48th state to allow people to change their birth certificate to match their transgender identity. From the article we read, “It was time for Kansas to move past its outdated and discriminatory anti-transgender policy,” Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement […]
Archie. That’s a really cute name for a baby. Officially christened Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, he is the newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (aka Harry and Meghan). A few things to note: this christening (aka infant baptism) was compulsory for the royal baby, took place in a private ceremony, at Windsor Castle, […]
Timothy King, author of Addiction Nation, joins Carmen to discuss his book which examines the epidemic of opioids through a number of related angles: the injustice of the war on drugs, the crisis of meaning in our culture, institutional greed, technology and the pervasiveness of addiction in our society today. This is an uplifting, […]
People often ask me how I do what I do. What they mean by that is how do I find a way to get God into just about every conversation. First let me say, don’t make it harder than it is. Take what culture gives you, think about what you’re thinking about and how you’re […]
Does every cartoon need a LGBTQI character, couple, family or storyline? Toy Story 4 has two very brief scenes where a same-sex couple drops off – and picks up – a child from school. They are both women. They are mixed race. The intent is clear: we are supposed to see that one child has […]