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November 2017

November 30, 2017

A New Normal: Grief and Facing the Brokenness in Evangelicalism

My heart has ached and almost broken as I have seen leaders I admired again...

November 09, 2017

Our Response to Sexual Abuse Should Not Be a Partisan Sport

Sexual abuse. I’m tired of it all. I’m tired of the rampant disrespect shown to...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

On Streaming: A Film about McCarthyism, Edward R. Murrow, and Courage

In the 2005 George Clooney-directed black and white film, Good Night and Good Luck, a...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Finally, Some Post-Election Thoughts

It is now almost a month and half since the election. I have not written...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

A Celebrity Assaulted Me. I Never Told. Here’s Why (An Anonymous Guest Post)

Note from Rebecca: This past week, I was approached by a friend who asked if...

October 15, 2016

Discerning Fact from Fiction on the Internet: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Fact-Checking

Guys, can I chat honestly with you, just between us friends? I am getting so,...

October 11, 2016

A Plea to Conservative Christians: Dump Trump, Vote for McMullin

I have been radio silent here for some time. This is a terrible time in...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Trump Converted? Where’s the Fruit?

A claim has been going around that one Donald J. Trump has converted to Christianity....

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Abortion: Beyond the Culture Wars to Story–4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, and 2 DAYS

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 09, 2016

Why Trump Cannot Defeat Russell Moore

Our nation is currently beset by a candidacy that is based around one fundamental principle:...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

Patriots (Not Pinheads) and the Right Side of History: Racism and Self-Justification

At the Montana Book Festival this weekend, I attended a panel called "Race, Privilege, and...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Show Me a Hero: HBO’s Zeitgeisty Historical Miniseries Deals with Housing Desegregation in the ’80s

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy," F. Scott Fitzgerald said....

July 2015

July 20, 2015

The Saddening, Dangerous Remarks of Franklin Graham

On July 17, Franklin Graham made some deeply disturbing remarks on his Facebook page. This...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Personal Responsibility and Systemic Sin

One of the major problems in American Christian thought today is forced dichotomies where they...

April 2015

April 01, 2015

Updated Thoughts on Indiana’s Law

I have been having a rousing conversation with my commenters over the course of the...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Fierce Convictions: Karen Swallow Prior’s Biography of Christian Social Reformer Hannah More

Here at the very end of Women's History Month, we are given a great opportunity...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Why Are Some People So Angry About the National Prayer Breakfast Remarks?

The latest outrage storm has hit, and it has to do with President Obama's remarks...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

#SOTU: Christians, Let’s Abandon Polarization, and Be Part of the Solution–Not Part of the Problem

I admit it. I get pretty jaded about politics sometimes. The talking heads. The games....

January 12, 2015

Selma Is a Prophetic Clarion Call for Our Times. Here’s 7 Reasons Why.

1. There are many movies about courageous whites who stood up for blacks during the...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

How Should a Christian Vote? (Voting Day Thoughts on Political Party Idolatry)

When I step inside the voting booth today, I will be struggling with my conscience,...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

How Luther’s Two Kingdoms Challenges Fundamentalism’s “Christian Nation”

There is perhaps no misunderstanding of theology that has more greatly damaged Christian witness in...

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