Essays on Faith

We are all weary of the gun control discussions. This essay was first published after a school shooting that was the 40th school shooting of that year and the 26th

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The holiday season is here, and with it comes that familiar mix of nostalgia and noise. The lights appear in windows, the temperature drops, and suddenly the world feels both

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The poem, some say, has been given to us for times when prose cannot express the heart. It’s an art form that has been used to elevate, to devastate, and

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Yesterday, our Pastor preached a Thanksgiving message that relied heavily on the nostalgia of family holidays. I can certainly relate to that. As a child, holidays were a wonderful time.

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Anticipating Revelations from the Epstein Files The Epstein files are scheduled to be released soon. It was reported earlier in the year that Kash Patel had dispatched hundreds of federal

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“If religion is messy, we are a nation of slobs.” So writes Liz Bucar in the introduction to her book, Stealing My Religion. This thought gives me pause as I

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Is the church and America guilty of the sin of Sodom? Wow! What a provocative question. Given the political culture in the USA right now, the mind automatically goes to

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Like most people, I did not get Raptured on Rosh Hashanah. At this point, I have not been a part of a Rapture-emphasizing tradition for more of my life than

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What did Jesus do? If we are honest, we have to admit that evangelicals often treat people badly, and we certainly do not have a good reputation. The hackneyed church

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“Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength  . . .” (Psalm 8:2) Our middle child, Paul, married a wonderful young woman, Krystyana, whom we were

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Deconstruction is all the rage. It seems we are constantly bombarded with news of evangelical celebrities who have deconstructed their faith. Often, this leads, eventually, to news of the celebrity

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I am pausing to reflect on the fickle fate of kings as I prepare to unleash the French Revolution in my undergraduate civilization class next semester. January anniversaries present an

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