“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
In The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt concluded the ideal subjects of authoritarians are not necessarily their most convinced partisan followers, but “people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and…
The Trump administration has been temporarily blocked from expanding fast-track deportations in its bid to hurriedly remove undocumented immigrants from the U.S. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued the stay in Make the Stay New York v. Kristi Noem after…
Hate fills the air as “Christian” America fights over values, social issues, race and sex. An increased rage punctuates our communication. Hate crime and hate speech are mutually charged to MAGA and the Democrats. Both sides tear through news reels…
History teaches us a hard truth: Democracies don’t collapse only when institutions fail — they collapse when leaders turn their weapons on the very people they are sworn to serve. Tanks in the streets, tear gas in the squares, troops…
When I was born in 1979, my parents brought me home in a bassinet that sat, unsecured, on the back seat of their Honda hatchback. They did this not out of reckless disregard for my safety, but because it was…
In this moment in American history, two dominant myths must be discarded. This is especially true in light of the shocking revelations about leadership of some Young Republican groups and their “private” text messages. First, the myth that private speech…
There’s a simple reason Christian nationalists are willing to abandon long-held values and rewrite, redact and reinterpret the Bible as needed to support Donald Trump, Brian Kaylor says. “They want power,” said Kaylor, a Baptist minister, editor-in-chief of Word&Way and…
In one of the largest schisms in Western Christianity since Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation, the global Christian faith has witnessed a fracture of monumental proportions. Today, Oct. 16, the bishops of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, known…
Worlds collided in London on Oct. 3 when Taylor Swift released her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, and the prime minister’s office released the name of the Church of England’s newest archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally. Swift…
A stark contradiction exists within the Trump administration’s rhetoric and its actions, creating a tragic irony for some of the world’s most vulnerable Christians. While publicly positioning itself as a staunch defender of persecuted Christians (especially domestic evangelicals), the administration’s…
Night owl that I am, these thoughts began composing in my mind at the stroke of midnight, just as the U.S. government closed (many of) its doors. I began imagining the anxiety, even panic, hundreds of thousands of federal employees…
As the Christian church loses credibility worldwide due to egregious politicking, Christian supremacists across the nation are tripping over themselves with excitement about a more positive story line they see: Revival. Although every other metric shows the church in America…
