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  • The non-essential church?

    The non-essential church?

    Crises reveal much about us as individuals: our courage, our faith, our resiliency.

  • Running into the coronavirus crisis with lettuce and love

    Running into the coronavirus crisis with lettuce and love

    Mr. Rogers used to say that in a time of crisis, we should always look for the helpers.

  • We can only 'imagine' a utopia

    We can only 'imagine' a utopia

    If the history of the 20th Century teaches us anything, it’s that this-world-only political utopianisms always lead to catastrophe, in which individuals are sacrificed on the altars of the collective good

  • How dare VP Pence pray?

    How dare VP Pence pray?

    Prayer is, for many today, politically unacceptable, seen as an affront to science, an obstacle to governance, and a shameful admission that we are not in control of our own destinies. Of course, that’s precisely the point of prayer.

  • Coronavirus, God, and a world out of our control

    Coronavirus, God, and a world out of our control

    We exist by the grace of God. Were He to withhold His breath of life and His creation-sustaining Word—well, that’d be it, folks.

  • Lent, the reality of death, and fearing God

    Lent, the reality of death, and fearing God

    A key distinction is that Lenten disciplines, beginning with Ash Wednesday’s reminder that “You are dust and to dust you shall return,” place our celebration of resurrection in the context of our humanity, both our mortality and our fallenness.

  • J. Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl 'performance' and our culture’s mixed messages

    J. Lo and Shakira’s Super Bowl 'performance' and our culture’s mixed messages

    In the midst of our culture’s ubiquitous calls to protect kids and women from abuse and harassment, especially in this #MeToo era, we pretend that as long as we call it “art” or “female empowerment,” that this sort of overt sexualization will magically have none of the consequences we now complain about.

  • The problem with (mis)remembering the Holocaust

    The problem with (mis)remembering the Holocaust

    Today, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the infamous Nazi death camp known as Auschwitz, the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

  • Soleimani, the US, and just war

    Soleimani, the US, and just war

    It is impossible to see the future, especially in such a volatile region that features such volatile actors. But we can evaluate whether this decision, and any decision leading to hostile action, is justified according to what is called “Just War Theory.”

  • Christians must be clear on both what we're for and what we're against

    Christians must be clear on both what we're for and what we're against

    To put it bluntly, Christian faithfulness in a culture like ours demands that we be against many things even as we embrace the hope of the invading Kingdom of God.

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