There are Nazis in our midst. Not just Nazi flag-carrying, swastika-wearing, swashbuckling Nazi-saluting members of American neo-Nazi groups, but ordinary Americans who will swear they are not Nazis. It’s now obvious that MAGA has Nazi leanings. Psychologist Keith Payne, in…
Trump world throws tomatoes at Phil Vischer
To understand how viciously MAGA world — including evangelical Christians — has turned against immigrants of all kinds, consider the plight of Phil Vischer. You probably know him as the creator of the “Veggie Tales” videos for kids or maybe…
United Women in Faith and Texas Impact converge on Texas Capitol
United Women in Faith (previously known as United Methodist Women) is one of the largest denominational faith organizations for women in the United States. Since 1987, the Texas Conference of United Women in Faith has partnered with Texas Impact —…
White evangelical men weaponize the gospel against women because they don’t respect women
“Do men desperately need respect, while women desperately need love?” This was the question posed by Sheila Gregoire on a recent episode of the “Bare Marriage” podcast. “That is the thesis of a lot of bestselling books in evangelicalism like Love and…
The inevitable invisibility of aging women in the church
In a 2019 essay for The Atlantic, Akiko Busch asks, “How might a woman’s identity evolve when she can go unrecognized, when she is no longer under the gaze of others?” The essay asserts an ultimate freedom of choice: because…
Willkommen im cabaret: Young people’s thoughts on our political climate
Remember learning about the dictatorial reign of Adolf Hitler during history class and wondering, “What would I have done?” Willkommen, say young Americans whose political radars are flashing red for fascism. In a recent TikTok video, 29-year-old filmmaker Jonah Green…
Maybe this is why Trump wants to reboot American imperialism in Greenland
From the Smurfs to Superman, 2025 will be the year of the reboot in movie theaters across America. It’s common, during times of economic crisis and social upheaval, for Hollywood to trot out familiar favorites, playing on nostalgia for a…
Trump vs. MLK: Drawing inspiration for the struggle ahead
It is one the glaring ironies of modern American history that Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at noon on the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. This was not the first time…
When worship becomes an act of cruelty
Why are white evangelicals so conditioned for cruelty? After all, the debacle that was Donald Trump’s first day in office included ending birthright citizenship, erasing transgender and intersex people, threatening to colonize our neighbors, lying about the 2020 election results,…
Zuckerberg’s and Rogan’s masculinity sounds like evangelical complementarians
“It’s also good to know that you can kill people,” Joe Rogan opined in his podcast interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the men began to giggle. “There’s a certain confidence from that,” Zuckerberg affirmed. “If you could sell…
What drove young white males to vote for Trump?
Donald Trump won the 2024 election with unexpected help from young white men. Fifty-six percent of young white men voted for Trump, compared to only 41% of young white women. The surprising results have led reporters to suggest a number…
Is the whole world becoming more conservative?
By some accounts, the whole world is becoming more conservative. It that so? The answer is an unqualified yes and no. As with the second coming of Donald Trump, there are global indicators more people are leaning more conservative, which…