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Last week, I introduced my literature students to the poem, “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats’s vision of modern apocalypse in a world where “things fall apart” as “anarchy

Pacifists and Just War Theorists Need to Talk In a series of posts for TTC, I argued that we Christians should all be christological pacifists. But say you are

A few years back, John Mayer had a hit song called “Waiting for the World to Change.” It’s a catchy song with great guitar work, but it always

The backside of the Confederate monument at the North Carolina capital building in Raleigh, NC. I have spent much of the past month preparing to move from Raleigh,

I had planned to write something nice about the start of a new school year today. And I suppose I still could have. I have the privilege to

This is my final post on Luke 10:25-37, which contains the parable of the good Samaritan.  I said in my first post that I would try to think about

In recent days there has been a lot of discussion in the news about the recent vote to repeal internet privacy. While it is perhaps shocking that this

Jesus tells the parable of the good Samaritan on his way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51).  In this post, I would like to articulate how this illuminates some political

As time passes, it’s easy to forget what you once were like, what was most important in your life, what ideas you held most dear. That’s my story

I confess that most of my religious-political life has been an entangled hot mess. Growing up in a conservative, Christian, affluent, middle-class family, allegiance to the Republican party