This essay is from our Anastasis Series where we resurrect articles from the past that are still relevant today. This piece was first published on November 7, 2016, and has been lightly edited and updated. It …
A few years ago, I was teaching a week-long course at the Grunewald Guild. There had been some drama with one of the interns and his perception that the environment was repressive, which is not …
I first wrote this reflection in 2015. I was concerned then about the evangelical embrace of hateful ideologies and rhetoric. Unfortunately, that embrace only grew stronger. I am proud to see old essays like this …
The conventional wisdom that Trump supporters took him seriously, but not literally, was challenged on January 6, 2021, when hundreds of his supporters–literally–answered his call to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell!” His …
Dear Lord, patient and forgiving Father, all-knowing God who sees our hearts even as we can’t, I pray for our country even as the inauguration of our 45th president, Donald Trump, is taking place. I pray …
Evangelicals Love Trump Every once in a while I run across an article that I wish I would have written. “In Love with Donald Trump” written by Rev. Robert Cunningham of Tates Creek Presbyterian Church is …
I have to admit I found Bernie’s defeat yesterday more emotionally taxing than I expected. I think that had less to do with the pure politics of it than it had to do with how …
The video below made me think about the experience of my 7-year-old daughter. She attends a school with a very high percentage of minority students including Hispanics. From talking to her friends, she thought that …
I have a good friend who is a Reagan Republican who finds himself struggling with the direction of the Republican party and as an evangelical Christian he also finds himself struggling with the direction of …
I honestly think that both progressives and conservatives should support Bernie Sanders. I know that sounds crazy. Bernie is the political opposite of so many conservative ideas. Why then do I think even conservatives should …