White America’s complicity in the murder of George Floyd
When I was in Junior High School, I had a history teacher tell me during a class lecture on the Civil War era, that black slaves were “cared for and treated as family.” I …
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5 Religious Pilgrim Podcasts
No, I’m not talking about those pilgrims. Though the thought does raise the question of whether William Bradford would have created the Plymouth Plantation Podcast had such wizardry existed in his time. I’m using the …
The Devil in you
Being in a position of power gives you all the tools you need to be Antichrist. All you have to do is lean in. So says the Devil incarnate in so many words during a …
We were never in this together
The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought our collective worlds to a screeching halt, and now the world that is emerging looks very different as all of us learn to navigate new realities. While many clamor for …
Faith in Times of Pandemic
Pandemics have stressed the fabric of human social structures throughout the course of history. Times of rampant sickness with their associated physical, mental, social, and spiritual tolls strip away the veneer of human societies to …
Meeting God with anger during our long Lent
I stand in front of the priest, waiting. Grinding a thumb into a container full of black dust, she reaches up and makes two marks on my head, one down, the other over. “Remember you …
Poll: Christianity Today and Removing Trump- Do you agree?
*The Polls are at the end of this article.* On December 19th, my birthday, Christianity Today, one of the flagship evangelical magazines, published an editorial “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” by Mark Galli, CT’s editor …
What I Believe… a Statement of Spiritual Foundations
What do I believe? That is one of the most important questions a person can wrestle with. Unfortunately, far too many people do far too little wrestling with such questions. In Christian circles, this becomes …
Conservative Christians are Missing the Point on Kavanaugh and Power
I’m a terrible blogger. As near as I can tell, one of the keys to blogging is having an opinion on every hot-button issue and making it known. I certainly have an opinion when it …
Trump Christians Have the Most Devout Faith
Last week’s article contained a poll that asked, “Is America Hostile to the Christian Faith?” The results have been interesting so far. But more interesting has been the conversations generated. There is one particular conversation …