Today’s public language and cultural rhetoric is demonstrably coarse. It’s no way for people of good character to speak to one another and yet we hear coarse speech throughout the public discourse. Coarse talk bears witness to a coarse walk. Ephesians 4 makes clear that those who are seeking to live lives worthy of […]
If you thought the conversations were being dominated by activist polarized whites, you were right. The N.Y. Times’ David Brooks has written a piece entitled “The Rich White Civil War: A smarter look at America’s divide” that’s worth a read. Utilizing research results from “Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape,” Brooks exposes what […]
The man furrowed his brow and spoke slowly, “You’re not from ‘round here are ya?” I smiled. “Well, I lived here for a number of years, my parents live down on the lake, and we’ve got a house up on the mountain where we plan to retire. But no, right now, I live just outside […]
College football season has kicked off but for many Christian kids on college campuses this is open season on their faith. Four things you need to know about today’s college climate: Postmodern social theory and philosophy are assumed in American higher ed. Tolerance no longer means what it used to mean. The most committed […]
Three headlines in quick succession over the past few days got me thinking about how my fellow Americans are thinking about animals and personhood. PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, have a new ad campaign equating the eating of crustaceans (crabs in Maryland and lobsters in Maine) with cannibalism. The tag lines […]
“Is the hot weather and political climate getting you down? It’s time to eat more ice cream!” NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon wrote on its Facebook page advertising Rocky Roe v Wade ice cream to support abortion. Even as we grieve the point at which we have arrived in our common life, let us never forget the […]
In the ongoing political conversation about whether or not the President of the United States will sit down with Robert Mueller for an interview related to the question of Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election, one of the President’s lawyers, Rudy Giuliani said “truth is in the eye of the beholder.” I suspect he […]
The Pope did this week what only the Pope can do, he changed the official position of the Roman Catholic Church through a Papal pronouncement. With the Pope’s call in 2016 for the global abolition of capital punishment, the wheels were set in motion to change the official catechism which now declares capital punishment to […]
This week in Washington D.C. something actually unprecedented is taking place: the Secretary of State is hosting an international Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. While the focus of the event is advancing religious liberty around the world, it provides opportunity to discuss the value of religious freedom here in the United States. Genuine religious freedom […]
The headlines are screaming full of back and forth volleys related to the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States. How can Christians enter into those conversations in ways that honor Jesus? Four questions Christians can use to begin to redeem the conversation: From your […]