Psalm 24:1 says: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” In the conclusion to his 1962 masterful book The Fire Next Time, writer James Baldwin writes: Everything now, we must assume, is in…
I used to think relativism was the problem
I once loved attending apologetics seminars and cheered wildly when Christian apologists won debates with skeptics, proving that objective truth and the proclaimed good guys still triumphed. I felt affirmed to be on the right side of moral clarity, where…
How would Jesus vote?
Is Jesus liberal or conservative? Let’s turn to science to help answer that question, through a study by Jer Clifton and Nick Kerry at the University of Pennsylvania. They have continued surveying the underlying beliefs that separate liberals and conservatives….
Bobs, heartbreaks and space jellyfish
“I will ask off work if you really want me to. But I think you need to do this trip solo. And just heal.” Heeding those words from my wife, here I am, south of Daytona Beach, Fla. — in…
Health care coverage must consider cost and logic
Shortly after she shaved her head, my friend got a $1,600 bill in the mail. Just 39 years old, she was diagnosed with breast cancer recently. She had surgery to remove the cancer and both her breasts. And even though…
Jesus is not our political mascot
When you have a few years on you, as I do, you start running into reruns, reboots and reiterations. How many Spider-Man movie reboots have there been since the 1970s? How many versions of Pride and Prejudice? How many efforts…
Here’s the secret I’ve been afraid to share
I am divorced. There, I said it. It has taken me five years to write those three words publicly. Five years of learning how to tell my story without telling “that” part of my story. Five years of talking about…
Christian nationalists are behind Trump’s Smithsonian attacks
On July 24, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to slander the work of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., by demanding signs be placed out front accusing the Smithsonian of pushing a “woke” version of history. These signs,…
There’s no history like fake MAGA history
Nothing can surpass the certainty of American conservatives, even when they’re wrong. Right-wing blogger Matt Walsh is the latest to prove this. He has produced a seven-part series on Watergate in which he claims the history of Watergate has been…
Letter to the Editor: Regarding immigration enforcement in Waco, Texas
Dear Editor: We, the Heart of Texas Network for Immigrant Rights (HOTNIR) Faith Support Team, are — as people of faith — compelled to condemn the violence against immigrant and mixed-status families we are witnessing in our community. We recognize…
Lake America?
President Donald Trump wants Americans — and Canadians — to start looking at one of the Great Lakes differently. Lake Ontario, he decrees, should become “Lake America.” At first glance, the name itself is not necessarily offensive. In fact, there…
America has a heart two sizes too small
I don’t know if a cardiologist would notice, but America’s collective heart is contracting — and has been for at least the last few years. I am not a physician or a scholar, but in my own life, I generally…