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I’ve been reading memoirs lately, and I finally got around to Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, which had a most unexpected run atop the New York Times best-sellers list a couple of years ago. Rhoda Janzen, its author, created a fresh and original voice: funny but not cruel, irreverent but not hostile to faith, poignant … Read more
An advancing hurricane you can prepare for, by nailing plywood over windows, fastening shutters or, if necessary, evacuating. A tornado may strike with little warning, though the darkened skies provide an omen. A tsunami can roll in on a bright, sunny day, like the one that swept away sunbathers on the beaches of Thailand in … Read more
In a globalized world “no country is an island,” to paraphrase John Donne. A colorful map produced by the U.S. government agency NOAA shows that energy waves from the earthquake that devastated parts of Japan on March 11, 2011 reached all the way across the Pacific Ocean to the shores of South and North America. … Read more
Phone calls, advertisements, and visits from candidates have heated up in my state, Colorado, and I’m sure we’ll get a steady barrage from now until November. Here are some further thoughts about Christians engaging the broader culture through politics. 3) Christians should fight their battles shrewdly. Evangelicals do not exactly have the best track record. … Read more
I’m so sick of hearing about this year’s election that I decided to write some of my own thoughts on the subject. I’ve just finished reading two excellent books that caution Christians about trusting too much in politics: A Public Faith, by Miroslav Volf, and To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter. Even more alarming, unChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe … Read more
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