If you are a family of four, your contribution to the war is $1,200 a year.  Are you getting your money's worth? (more…) Read more

Mother Jones has a disturbing article out about Hillary Clinton’s faith — disturbing not because of what it says about Hillary, as the authors seem to believe, but because of its vaguely insulting attitude toward evangelical Christianity.   Eric Sapp has already posted at Faithful Democrats about some of the problems with the Mother Jones piece.  I’d like to expand just a bit on Eric’s post.   The apparent point of the article is to show that Hillary Clinton is (a)... Read more

Come to think of it, I recall hearing some foot-tapping during my sermon last Sunday.  Looks like I’m good to go for another term! (more…) Read more

By its profound coarsening of both theology and politics, it may already have departed, leaving the rest of us to pick up the pieces. (more…) Read more

The nationally divisive debate on gay issues sparked by President Bush’s proposal for a constitutional amendment on marriage in the run-up to the 2004 election is nowhere near settled. (more…) Read more

It was really hard for me to figure out what to make of the Mother Jones’ article on Clinton and The Fellowship that has been generating some recent buzz.  (It’s not online, but some assessments of the piece are here and here. – Ed.)   I couldn’t help thinking of what Joseph said to his brothers when they reconciled:  “you meant these things for evil, but God meant them for good.”  I’m not in any way saying God had a... Read more

Conservatives want to change the individual. Progressives want to change social structures. Might there be a balance? (more…) Read more