General conference is one of my favorite things in life, and this time was particularly important to me. Messages about Jesus, faith, Easter, and holy week, but this time a further message about how the disciple of Christ has an obligation to be a peacemaker. I loved it. Not just civility, something deeper: the call to peacemaking. I suspect we’ll talk more about it in coming episodes, so for now, a highlights reel.
Exploring the ‘sin’ of our time, this piece unveils the arrogance in assuming history is deterministically linear.
The anger of Bernie Sanders has often been discussed as a political liability. Could it actually be the very reason he’s doing so well?
Exploring the 'sin' of our time, this piece unveils the arrogance in assuming history is deterministically linear.
Misguided empathy can harm. True understanding demands not just listening but deep knowledge and open hearts.
A near-death experience at 39 leads a mother to challenge her perceptions of entitlement, faith, and mortality.
Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.
With the Supreme Court at the front of center stage in the American public eye, the upcoming religious liberty cases are seeing a lot of light.
U.S. politics mirror cult dynamics, but counter-intuitively, it may be religion that helps us escape this cult
This month, passages on rebirth, the pursuit of utopia, why we are commanded to honor parents, the importance of welcoming a God who can contradict us, and the need to embrace interfaith solidarity.
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