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The Steep Price of Hypocrisy in Christian Witness
The battle with sin is our shared inheritance. Nobody is immune to a fall from grace. We must pray that our Father “suffer us not to be led into temptation” and then live to make that a reality.
Competing Narratives of Danger in America
Most everyone agrees that the United States is in trouble. Like everything else, however, we don’t agree on what that danger entails.
Prophets on Politics: Ten Messages to an Agitated, Aggrieved America
In this tumultuous year for America, with so much confusion and fear, is it time to consider what “watchmen on the tower” have to say?
Bites of the Best Books: October 2020
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.
Upcoming Religious Liberty Cases
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.
The Wisdom of the Aged
Increasingly, older and senior members of our communities are seen as backward and not worth considering. That’s a mistake. General Conference will provide an opportunity to listen to the hard-earned wisdom of age that we should seek for.
Tolerating the Unprecedented
It’s more than mere disagreement we must tolerate. Tolerance means bearing the suffering of others and taking our own uncomfortable turn in history to face uncertainty and challenge.
Politicizing the Pandemic
Living in a pandemic is scary enough. But when we can’t figure out what is true (and even the data gets politicized), it makes things all that harder. That makes it even more important to think critically and look into different perspectives.
Deepening Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding Through Reading, Part 2
More empathy for the difficulties, fears, and frustrations of others ought to help us move forward together despite political differences. These eleven books have helped me deepen my understanding of poverty in America.
Who is Amy Coney Barrett really?
Rather than reflecting a breakdown or departure from our established political system, as many have proposed, I would argue Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination is an outcome of long-standing efforts and hard work well within that system.