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2017-09-18T21:03:59-06:00

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Rich Mullins Died 20 Years Ago Today and I’m Still Not Over It

Last updated on: September 18, 2017 at 9:03 pm By Tim Suttle

When I listen to Rich Mullins’ music (and I still listen), he makes me want to go camping. It’s weird, I know, but it always seems like I could more easily imagine the world he imagined if I were off in the woods somewhere … and I really want to imagine the world that he imagined. During his concerts Rich used to joke that his fans really think he lived on the edge of rivers lighting campfires (the cover of... Read more

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2017-09-17T13:25:32-06:00

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Stop Blaming the Politicians – We Are the Reason Washington is Such a Mess

Last updated on: September 17, 2017 at 1:25 pm By Tim Suttle

There’s a theory that contends politicians don’t lead the culture. Politicians reflect the culture. Washington isn’t leading so much as following what they see in us. I keep having these conversations with people in which they trash politicians. At the mere mention of Trump or Pelosi or Washington they immediately wash their hands of all personal responsibility and run down the politicians. It’s Schumer, McConnell, Pelosi, and Ryan–they are the problem. What a bunch of snakes. It’s time to face reality: Our... Read more

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2017-09-11T12:06:35-06:00

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Why Do I Write All These Sad Songs?

Last updated on: September 11, 2017 at 12:06 pm By Tim Suttle

“What came first: the music or the misery?” – Nick Hornby I cut my vocational teeth as a musician, part of the band Satellite Soul who was signed to Ardent/Forefront. Where label-mates like Skillet, DC Talk, and Newsboys were exceedingly successful, my band was always critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful. I’ve always wondered why. A few weeks ago I was listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, Revisionist History. The episode is called “The King of Tears.” In it Gladwell tells the story of... Read more

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2017-09-11T06:32:59-06:00

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The Nashville Statement and the Evangelical Parents of Gay Children

Last updated on: September 11, 2017 at 6:32 am By Tim Suttle

I’ve been avoiding the Nashville Statement. But I finally broke down and read the thing this morning. The plain text is pretty much what I expected. I grew up among evangelicals. I know the rhetoric. The Nashville Statement is full of language that tries to make black and white out of an issue that defies binary characterization. The world is not black and white, but full-color and three-dimensional. A black and white statement like this one could never come anywhere close to... Read more

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2017-09-08T06:12:03-06:00

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DACA Is Literally the Least We Can Do: Here’s Why Ending It Is Stupid

Last updated on: September 8, 2017 at 6:12 am By Tim Suttle

Meet Larissa Martinez. She was the 2016 valedictorian of McKinney Boyd High School, and is on full scholarship to Yale. She is bright, hardworking, and is a credit to her family and community. She is also in danger of being deported at any moment. She was brought to America with her mother, who was fleeing an abusive alcoholic husband … a few years too late to take part in DACA, as it turns out. Nevertheless, her speech is an inspiring look at what... Read more

2017-09-04T10:30:17-06:00

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Labor Unions are Back In: And they have Never Been More Important

Last updated on: September 4, 2017 at 10:30 am By Tim Suttle

Did you know that the entire coal industry employs fewer people than Arby’s? Election year bluster aside, manufacturing jobs are not coming back. The coal industry is not the future of the American economy. The future of the American labor force is in the service sector. Look at the above graph from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Total manufacturing jobs have stayed level for three decades now. The major growth in the labor market comes from service industries … which presents a bit of... Read more

2017-09-06T06:20:56-06:00

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The Economy No Longer Works for Average People. Here’s Why.

Last updated on: September 6, 2017 at 6:20 am By Tim Suttle

It's clear that rich people are the only ones getting richer. Here's why. Read more

2017-09-01T14:33:33-06:00

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America’s Wisdom Problem

Last updated on: September 1, 2017 at 2:33 pm By Tim Suttle

Dietrich Bonhoeffer warned about societies that lose access to wisdom. Read more

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2017-09-01T07:27:54-06:00

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Ex-White Nationalist Derek Black’s Unique Perspective on Trump’s Rhetoric

Last updated on: September 1, 2017 at 7:27 am By Tim Suttle

I’ve got a podcast to recommend. It’s called The Daily, from The New York Times. I listen often because the host Michael Barbaro takes an in depth look at one important story from each day’s NYT. The particular episode I want to recommend is from Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 and its the story of a man named Derek Black. Derek Black grew up in one of the leading families of the white nationalist movement. His mother was once married to David Duke. His father, once... Read more

2017-08-30T06:41:13-06:00

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The Numbers Say Evangelicals are Losing Faith in Trump … I don’t Buy It

Last updated on: August 30, 2017 at 6:41 am By Tim Suttle

“White Christian conservatives were Trump’s largest single voting bloc: bigger than the “white working class,” bigger than establishment Republicans, bigger than Trump’s Tea Party base. Over 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump, despite the candidate’s lewdness, greed, and inability to pronounce “Second Corinthians.” That’s how Jay Michaelson’s recent article at The Daily Beast begins. Michaelson separates evangelical Trump voters into two camps. The first camp held their noses in order to get a conservative Supreme Court, a born again VP, and a... Read more

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