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October 2026

October 06, 2026

When the Disinformation Machine Comes to Your Hometown

Seeking Truth in Local Election Lies The signs are everywhere that it’s election season in...

September 2026

September 01, 2026

Christian Nationalism Finds the Campus Quad

This past weekend kicked off another academic year at my university. I spent part of...

July 2026

July 23, 2026

Protecting Title IX’s Life-Giving Legislation

It’s not hyperbolic to say that Title IX, and the opportunities to play sports, saved...

July 01, 2026

Bible-Infused School Standards are not Christ-Like

Last week, the Texas Board of Education passed a required reading list for its five...

June 2026

June 04, 2026

Are We Complicit in Others’ Suffering?

Your war is causing us to suffer, too. We were sitting with our tour guide,...

May 2026

May 12, 2026

When Christian Nationalists Took Over Our School Board

Why a Local Election Gives Me Hope (And Book Announcement) Almost three years have passed...

April 2026

April 20, 2026

Commencement into a Hard World, But With Hope

We are weeks away from the hardest part about being a college professor: the commencement....

March 2026

March 23, 2026

For Mothers in Iran, Sending Their Kids to School

For the past three weeks, I’ve been thinking about mothers in Iran. In particular, I’ve...

February 2026

February 25, 2026

Where “Boys Being Boys” Gets Us

I’ve spent the last 48 hours in a white-hot rage about an Olympic hockey game...

February 09, 2026

A Vigil, a Memorial, and Creating Something Good

On a cold Sunday night two weeks ago, organizers in my small town hosted a...

January 2026

January 15, 2026

A Heartbreaking Lack of Empathy

Last week, I took several social media apps off my phone. I felt like I...

December 2025

December 11, 2025

Shalom and the Problem of Fake Peace Prizes

My dad died in October from dementia. He was a good man and a good...

November 2025

November 20, 2025

For Epstein’s Victims, Language Matters

The way we use language matters. A number of years ago, at our university’s faculty...

October 2025

October 29, 2025

Why Gen Z Feels Hopeless—and What Gives Them Hope

Gen Z Needs Hope, And You Can Help Mentoring Gen Z Through Chaos and Corruption...

October 06, 2025

The War Zone That Isn’t

Portland, Oregon, is not a war zone. It isn’t war-ravaged. It hasn’t “burnt to the...

September 2025

September 08, 2025

Called to be Creators In the Midst of Destruction

Some days, it feels like every part of our government is being destroyed, from the...

August 2025

August 07, 2025

‘We Live Here Together’: Immigration Matters

Our small town festival, which happened last week, is one of Newberg’s best traditions, an...

July 2025

July 22, 2025

Iranian Immigrants Face Anti-Christian Biases in the U.S.

What do we talk about when we talk about anti-Christian biases in the United States?...

July 07, 2025

To Glenda, Selling Alligator Alcatraz Merch on Etsy

I saw your face all over social media the other day, Glenda from Florida, because...

June 2025

June 23, 2025

Words that Divide and Unify Us

Over the past several weeks, I’ve given several public presentations about a topic I’m increasingly...

May 2025

May 28, 2025

Finding Faith in Overseas Travel

On the first morning of my overseas travel, I went for a run in Phnom...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

Anti-Christian Biases and Hot Accessories In Trump’s America

On April 22, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the first meeting for an anti-Christian...

April 15, 2025

Protesting, and Praying With My Feet

On April 5, I joined people around the nation for a “Hands Off” protest, demonstrating...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

The Truth That Really Matters

Another week, another scandal, another cascade of lies from the current administration, for whom the...

March 11, 2025

As Goes My Town, So Goes America

Two weeks ago, the Department of Education launched a portal where concerned parents, students, teachers,...

February 2025

February 17, 2025

Beware the Dehumanizing Impact of “Audits”

Just now, on social media, I read comment strings on my local community pages cheering...

February 06, 2025

Reading as Resistance to Chaos and Rage

Like so many others in my community and elsewhere, I’ve been spinning out with anxiety...

January 2025

January 14, 2025

The Threats and Promises of Religious Freedom

This week I begin my 48th semester as a college instructor at a faith-based institution....

December 2024

December 31, 2024

Choosing Jimmy Carter and His Model of Faith

In my first election, I chose Jimmy Carter. I was in seventh grade, so my...

December 20, 2024

This Weary World

For all of my vocational life, Advent season arrives just as another semester is concluding,...

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