Why do we hide our light under a bushel? (more…) Read more

Earlier this month, the L.A. Times reported about Dang Thuy Tram, a Vietnamese doctor who, during the war, lived in the countryside and treated Vietcong soldiers fighting the Americans. She wrote an extensive diary, recently discovered and now quite popular in Vietnam. We read of her loves and her suffering. She ran with soldiers, she fled with villagers, and raged against the American “pirates” that were destroying her nation. She died in an American assault on the central costal district... Read more

 During every recent election cycle, we have heard about “attacks” on the institution of marriage from bloviating politicians promising to protect it.  They urge us to stand up for traditional Christian values against the destructive “anti-family” gay agenda.  All because gay people want to get married.   What is a socially conscious Christian to do? Take a step back and a deep breath.  Are these folks really “fighting for marriage?” Of course not.  No one is threatening to outlaw anyone’s marriage. ... Read more

Two years ago, during the presidential campaign, I decided I could no longer "hide" my political feelings. I put a John Kerry for President bumper sticker on my car, and I was proud to have it there. Until I went to church the Sunday after put the sticker on the car. I wasn't inside the building more than five minutes before three different members of the church started berating me, one flat-out calling me a murderer, because I obviously loved... Read more