Dads at the center

Last week the world watched a grown man cry. Not just any grown man, but a big tough offensive lineman Jason Kelce. The 13-year NFL veteran, six-time All Pro, and Super Bowl champion announced his retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles. The bearded brother of the more well-known Travis Kelce, Jason struggled through a tear-filled but […]

When Grief like Sea Billows Roll Through Your Holidays

When my mother passed away last winter, I discovered the gift of grief. In the span of a single year, my mother went from a vibrant, constant presence in my life—through phone calls, texts, and when we could, in-person visits—to a swift decline in mental and physical health. The first sign, for me, was an […]

How Pastors Can Prepare Their People for an Election

The calendar has turned over, and we are now in the thick of a political season in a presidential election year. Pastors around the country understand the gravity of this moment and want to lead their people well. So, what does that look like? Every church and every context is going to be a little […]

Anthony Edwards and his troubling decisions

Anthony Edwards is one of the best basketball players on the planet. The shooting guard was a first-round pick in 2020 by the Minnesota Timberwolves out of the University of Georgia. Edwards has already taken the NBA by storm, voted as a member of the NBA all-rookie team and selected to play for the United […]

Why Speaker Mike Johnson should allow a vote on Ukraine and Israel aid

After contentious debate, the U.S. Senate passed a $95.3 billion national security supplemental. The measure helps Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan defend against totalitarian regimes bent on their destruction and rebuilds American defense stocks. Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan are asking for the same kind of assistance that the French gave Americans during the American Revolution. Though […]

Is the Red Cross anti-Semitic?

Elma Avraham was taken hostage from her home in Kubutz Nahal Oz when Hamas unleashed its terrorist attack upon Israel on Oct. 7. She was held in captivity for 50 days by the terrorist group. She’s recovering in an Israeli hospital where she is said to be in critical condition. During her captivity, Avraham was physically mistreated and didn’t […]

The Pro-Life Movement’s Aspirational Moment

In the fall of 1973, horrified by the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision earlier that year, a lawyer in the Labor Department organized a meeting of a small group of women in her home. Nellie Gray, a Texan and veteran of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, worried that the anniversary of the monumental decision would pass by without being […]

What hath Bethlehem to do with Washington?

It’s the time of year when Washington, D.C., sits largely quiet and empty, its inhabitants emptied out and headed home to their families. The politicians head home and even the most rabid partisans seek to escape the messiness of politics. Yet the real story of Christmas is inescapably political. The young virgin who bore Jesus […]

A Bridge To Nowhere

As someone who has been involved in conversations about civility and politics for a long time, I’m often asked by folks why this work can be so frustrating. We’ve been talking about breaking down walls, bridging differences, and crossing the aisle for a long time and yet Americans seem as polarized as ever. Are our […]

Let’s love America by loving God first

Christians First Though we may love to live in our country, patriotism must not get in the way of our identity as followers of Christ.   I’ll never forget the moment I first walked up the marble steps to the Lincoln Memorial and saw the immense figure of America’s 16th president. I was 10 years […]