G. Shane Morris

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  • Twitter's outrage amplification

    Twitter's outrage amplification

    An article I wrote kicked off a pretty serious social media reaction. While many expressed gratitude for the article, it also set off a backlash on Twitter. Thousands of responses flooded my feed, most of them filled with outrage.

  • African, Korean missionaries look to reconvert America, Europe

    African, Korean missionaries look to reconvert America, Europe

    Between 2010 and 2015, the number of African missionaries jumped 32 percent to over 27,000. Korean missionaries jumped 50 percent to 30,000 in the same period. And the countries receiving the lion’s share of these missionaries are Brazil, Russia, and—wait for it—the United States.

  • Why the spike in vandalism of Christian relics in Europe?

    Why the spike in vandalism of Christian relics in Europe?

    Over the last few months, Europe has seen a wave of attacks against churches and other Christian sites.

  • What we're missing about mass shootings

    What we're missing about mass shootings

    The state of our national discourse is, to put it mildly, discouraging and unhelpful, and the reaction to the recent shootings only amplified how bad it is.

  • Our childless cities of the future

    Our childless cities of the future

    Recently in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson points out that, despite a decade-long economic and cultural boom in our cities, America’s urban rebirth is missing actual births. In fact, if current trends continue, the future of American cities is virtually childless.

  • A long way from ‘bake my cake’: The nakedly absurd consequences of postmodernism

    A long way from ‘bake my cake’: The nakedly absurd consequences of postmodernism

    You might think this is another story about transgender activism. And in a way, it is. But at an even deeper level, this is a story about postmodernism. Stick with me on this.

  • The strange thing about ‘Stranger Things 3’: Too much 2019 in 1985

    The strange thing about ‘Stranger Things 3’: Too much 2019 in 1985

    For those who don’t know, “Stranger Things” is a sci-fi/thriller series set in the Midwestern town of Hawkins in the 1980s, where mad government scientists accidentally open a door to another dimension, letting in all the monsters. But the show almost completely leaves out religion.

  • Planned Parenthood terminates Dr. Wen: We should pray for her

    Planned Parenthood terminates Dr. Wen: We should pray for her

    For Planned Parenthood, this likely means a search for a new, radically pro-abortion, political firebrand to helm their organization—someone more like Cecile Richards.

  • Family is written in our bodies and brains

    Family is written in our bodies and brains

    While the loudest voices in our culture continue to insist that men and women are interchangeable, science is offering more evidence than ever that the two sexes are anything but interchangeable.

  • 'The Matrix' as secular religion

    'The Matrix' as secular religion

    The scene is movie legend: Morpheus sits with Neo beside a fireplace while a storm rages outside, and tells him that the world he calls reality—what he sees when he looks out the window or turns on the television, when he goes to work—it’s all an illusion.