#1 Teaching Christian nationalism: Part Two​

In my first post in this series, I described my current adult course on Christian nationalism and quoted at length from the introduction to my In God We Trust: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?...

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​#2 Modern Education Can Hinder Vocations and Human Flourishing​

Some of the best advice my late father gave to me was when I was trying to teach my daughter how to read. I was frustrated because she wasn’t picking it up very quickly. She was in kindergarten at the time, and being the product...

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​#3 What will it take to reach Gen Z in a society running from the Church?​

I’ve been in young adult ministry for just about a decade. It’s obvious to me that many of the frustrations in our society are the direct result of how The Church mismanaged our opportunities to minister well to so many in the Millennial...

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​#4 Kenya’s mining ambitions raise fears for farms and ancestral graves​

Farmers fear losing the land that feeds them. Community elders worry about damage to a forest where their ancestors are buried. Both are demanding answers about Kenya’s plans to mine valuable minerals beneath Mrima Hill...

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​#5 Out of Darkness Came the Light of the World​

The Genesis 12:1-17:27 reading is Lech Lecha, “Go Out.” More specifically, Lech Lecha means “Go for yourself,” or literally, “walk for yourself.” The great Jewish sage Rashi interprets this as “Go for your own benefit.” It is God’s...

#6 Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Loss in Voter Suppression Scheme​

President Donald Trump’s attempt to mess with California’s elections has been shot down by the Supreme Court. In a one-sentence rejection with no explanation, the court ruled on Monday evening against the Trump...

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​#7 Teaching Tragedy in Tragic Times: Relying on Dante and Aristotle

In life or literature, tragedy is not so simple. My students may not live in a war zone, but they do know what it is to lose a home or family member to flood, fire, or tornado. They know that cancer or a car wreck can wreak havoc..

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​#8 A Broken System Protects Traffickers, Not Girls​

I'm often asked about the night I spent in a Southeast Asian jail alongside three young girls who had been exploited by sex traffickers. But the primary question isn’t about why I was in jail. Rather, why were those three girls in jail to begin...

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​#9 Inside Indie Tribe’s Plan to Disrupt Christian Hip-Hop

Somewhere in the middle of talking about Scripture, Indie Tribe starts arguing about how to describe someone getting kicked in the groin. nobigdyl., Jon Keith, Mogli the Iceburg and DJ Mykael V are mid-sentence about the theological...

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​#10 The women’s boxing nights helping abuse survivors

The Fight Forward programme literally saved my life,” explains Saria, 40, raising her voice above the sound of gloves hitting punchbags and fellow boxers chatting at the 12×3 boxing gym in Aldgate, east London. Two years ago...

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