I write often about how politics is not the only thing to care about if you are a Christian. However, it is indeed one thing to care about, one very important thing. I have found Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s guidance very helpful…
Now there’s another MAGA loyalty oath
When it comes to MAGA, there’s always another document to sign, another loyalty oath, another pledge of allegiance. Declaring MAGA purity underscores the anxiety always present in the movement. Sen. Josh Hawley, the latest MAGA darling, offers a Declaration of…
Dear men, it is time to wake the hell up
To paraphrase the late Tony Campolo, some of you already are more upset that I wrote the word “hell” in a headline than you are about the horror that headline addresses. Hang on to your pearls, because it’s time to…
My hopelessly bipolar relationship with institutional religion
Although I’m retired from vocational ministry, I still have church dreams several times a week. Some are positive. Some are negative. The fact that I still frequently dream about church — and that the dreams include a mix of both…
Revival needed to respond to Christian nationalism, Raushenbush says
The United States is witnessing the spiritual revival needed to face the threat to democracy and religious freedom posed by the Trump administration and Christian nationalism, according to Paul Raushenbush. “I have become convinced that we are indeed experiencing what…
Russell Moore tells evangelicals their immigrant jokes aren’t funny
Russell Moore is at it again — this time calling fellow evangelicals to account for their gallows humor about immigrants. In his latest Christianity Today newsletter, the former Southern Baptist ethics leader chides evangelicals for excusing their inhumanity toward immigrants…
In conversation with Robert P. Jones
Robert P. Jones is founder and president of Public Religion Research Institute, a vital resource for anyone interested in religion, race, politics and justice, and also the New York Times bestselling author of a new book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith…
Confronting the white consensus
If you ask American voters to name their biggest concerns, kitchen table issues always head the list. It’s not a partisan issue. Everybody wants a good job, decent health care and affordable gas and groceries. But white conservatives have a…
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…
A George Washington of (And For) MAGA
Conservatives have spent weeks arguing about the Odyssey, complaining that it’s too woke or not Christian enough, but the would-be blockbuster of the summer for conservative Christians is very clearly Young Washington.
Ideology, autocracy and resistance: Assessing our US situation
As the end of the summer approaches, Congress returns to Washington, and the November elections move into their stretch run, it seems a good time to try to assess where exactly we are in terms of this second Trump administration…
MAGA has meltdown over Ossoff mentioning Natalie Harp
At a Sunday rally in Atlanta, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., delivered an attack on President Donald Trump and Republican challenger Mike Collins. He framed this year’s Georgia Senate race as a referendum on the Trump administration’s record. Ordinary political discourse….