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February 2018

February 21, 2018

Billy Graham: A Non Prophet, with Honor

A few people have asked if I have any thoughts about the Reverend Billy Graham,...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Advent music (w/ links & videos)

My curated list of Advent videos includes sacred choral works like Handel's Messiah, congregational hymns,...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Michael Cromartie was a good and great man

In a huge loss to the faith-and-politics world, Michael Cromartie has died. He was 67....

August 07, 2017

Evangelicals and the Trump train

Are they driving it? Will they be rolled over by it? Or are they just...

July 2017

July 24, 2017

Catholics’ and evangelicals’ ‘surprising ecumenism’

Ecumenism is a lot easier with people who vote the same you do.

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Georgetown University reckons with its slaveholding past

Witnessing the Georgetown Jesuits and the descendants of slaves praying, singing, and breaking bread together...

May 02, 2017

Undertaker to bereaved gay man: ‘We don’t deal with your kind’

Nothing in the complaint mentions the defendants' religious beliefs. But I can see this story...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Is Callista Gingrich the next USA ambassador to the Holy See?

Callista Gingrich will almost certainly be the next American ambassador to the Holy See. This...

April 10, 2017

Episcopal layman Neil Gorsuch

Gorsuch may represent a new mold of legal conservative who understands that the marriage fight...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Trump’s new low of shamelessness and depravity

I could stomach this if Trump was the least bit contrite. But his brazen defiance...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Don’t financially ruin a Washington florist for being anti-gay

I wouldn't want the state to harshly fine me if I declined to arrange flowers...

February 15, 2017

‘Glitter Ash Wednesday’ is a terrible idea

During the imposition of ashes, we don't need to fight the church's greatest conflict. It...

February 15, 2017

What’s next for Capitol & Cathedral, Jacob Lupfer’s religion and politics blog

Capitol & Cathedral had focused mostly on religion in the 2016 election. In 2017 I...

January 2017

January 16, 2017

Progressive faith leaders fête Obama in new book

Last Thursday at the National Press Club, I was fortunate to witness a blessed gathering...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

Can ‘Elf on the Shelf’ teach kids about Jesus?

Elf of the Shelf cannot teach children about Jesus. It is a consumerist heresy that...

December 01, 2016

Has Pope Francis ended Catholic marriage?

What does Ross Douthat really want for civilly remarried Catholics?

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Is it true that evangelicals have “nowhere to hide” on same-sex marriage?

Five years after "Farewell, Rob Bell," 2-1/2 years after World Vision, and 1-1/2 years after...

November 09, 2016

Letter to President-Elect Donald Trump

You chose a nasty path to get to where you are today. Because it worked...

November 07, 2016

Trump campaign ad played in churches played Nov. 6

A number of Christian worshippers began their Sunday with an exhortation to vote for Donald...

November 01, 2016

For all the saints who from their labors rest (w/ video)

Some art embodies transcendence and expresses human longing in objectively more beautiful ways than others....

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Consider this: Only 45% of U.S. evangelicals actually support Trump

What if we identified evangelicals by whether or not survey respondents affirm core evangelical beliefs?

October 14, 2016

#NeverTrump evangelicals: 2016’s game changers?

By repudiating Trump, evangelicals can do the right thing and improve the integrity of their...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

A gripe about C.S. Lewis and conservative politics

Conservatives do not own C.S. Lewis, and they should stop supposing they do.

September 27, 2016

CUA canon law professor jokes that Jesuits aren’t Catholic

I didn't think it was very funny.

September 23, 2016

Is fluid sexuality a Millennial thing?

Sexuality is mysterious. But are we making sexual identity formation more complicated and all-encompassing than...

September 20, 2016

Is Pope Francis an unwitting minion of George Soros?

No. But these people aren't convinced…

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Christian intellectuals could and should contribute more

I do not see conservative Christian intellectuals finding (or even seeking) prestigious mainstream academic positions...

August 24, 2016

Did Christian intellectuals withdraw or were they forced out?

The fact that leading evangelical intellectuals are not on the cover of TIME doesn't trouble...

August 15, 2016

Trump’s appeals to Utah voters in Deseret News op-ed

It reads like a stump speech for student body president.

August 10, 2016

Dem Mormon outreach? Clinton pens op-ed for Utah newspaper

I doubt it will work, but this is a smart move by Clinton, given how...

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