Defiant joy this Christmas
Happiness is situational. Joy is not.


Happiness is situational. Joy is not.

The oft forgotten are the ones He remembers forever. And that, dear reader, includes you.

I won’t pretend my Christmas is serene when it feels a bit melancholy.

Advent invites us to lay down our swords, turn on some sacred Christmas music, quiet the noise, and welcome Him in.

Why, in all the years the conservative right has tirelessly claimed to champion family, have we failed to actually make family life look compelling, joyful, or worth aspiring to?

The Bible calls us to train up our children in the way they should go, and that training isn’t just about rules or formulas.

Anonymity can liberate the behavior we’d usually be ashamed to own.

As a lifelong conservative, I’m not sure I can think of a word that shuts my fellow constitutionalists down faster than this one.

His death feels like more than a personal loss or even a political blow.

I refuse to be quiet about the silencing and harassment campaigns linked to the trans lobby.
