Psalm 37: “Don’t You Worry” By Hannah Matis Andrew Bird is not a musician I would expect, in the ordinary way of things, to take up biblical exegesis. A prodigy fiddler, possessed of a stage whistle worthy of the late great Ennio Morr... Read More...
President Trump and Evangelicals’ Shifting Playbook Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump By John Fea Eerdmans Pp. 238 $24.99. Review by Benjamin Guyer John Fea opens the conclusion of Believe Me by relating a conversation that occurred at an ... Read More...
More Thoughts on Trump, Race, and America By Mark Clavier I have been watching events in America from afar with profound sadness, not least coming as they do on the heels of protests about COVID-19 restrictions. While in much of the world, the pandemic has produced a renewal of community-spirit, in... Read More...
On Plagues and Temples By Paul D. Wheatley Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever; and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of G... Read More...
Standing at the Doors of the House of the Lord The President’s Photo-Op and Our Need for Repentance By Elisabeth Rain Kincaid One of the strangest images of this strange time will undoubtedly be that of the president of the United States standing in fro... Read More...
Papal Populism & Theological Whiplash Pope Francis can prompt ecclesial chaos with a few off-the-cuff comments, delivered to reporters during an airplane press conference.
Don’t be Trumped: Some little ways to deal with a big problem Instead of fretting over the present global catastrophe, read old books, and live in your neighborhood, doing whatever else you can, according to the ability God has given you.
The Table: A post-political liturgy In the wake of the inauguration, I propose the following. Churches should create a community-oriented event called the Table. The goal here is to create a space in which political partisanship takes a back seat to human interaction, and thus defuses fear of the political “other.”
