The Election and My Vote

If you live in the United States in 2016, you can hardly take a trip to the water cooler without being asked, "Who are you going to vote for?" Even...
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The Church in Crisis: The Religionless...

In the final two years of his life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote several letters from Tegel prison to his friend Eberhard Bethge in which he spoke of...
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Isaiah the Candidate

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price...
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Portrait of Love

We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with which He will not be...
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Tell Me Why I Should Become a Christian

The village atheist was never a threat to people of faith. He—and it was always a he—never amounted to being more than a gadfly. That was the case...
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Burn the Witch

If I can target the problem, I can turn chaos into order. If I can find the contaminating element, I can get rid of it. If I can discover who is...
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Wisdom of the Dawn Deacon: Morning in...

I woke up at 5:30 that morning of my first day in India. I had a solid 15 hours of jet-lagged sleep and was ready for this new day. My hosts Bruce...
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Freedom without the Fine Print

The following had its origins in a homily I offered at the 8:30 a.m. Liturgical Service at La Sierra University Church in June. One of the Scripture...
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What The World Needs Now: History'...

New diseases. Strange weather. Abroad, shifting alliances, dwindling possessions, and terrifying new enemies. At home, a dangerously fragmented...
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Unlikely Pairings

The art of cooking has always included using varied combinations, but it seems like food culture has taken an accelerated interest in unlikely food...
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