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May 2026

May 12, 2026
Why a Local Election Gives Me Hope (And Book Announcement) Almost three years have passed...

April 2026

April 20, 2026
We are weeks away from the hardest part about being a college professor: the commencement....

March 2026

March 23, 2026
For the past three weeks, I’ve been thinking about mothers in Iran. In particular, I’ve...

February 2026

February 25, 2026
I’ve spent the last 48 hours in a white-hot rage about an Olympic hockey game...
February 09, 2026
On a cold Sunday night two weeks ago, organizers in my small town hosted a...

January 2026

January 15, 2026
Last week, I took several social media apps off my phone. I felt like I...

December 2025

December 11, 2025
My dad died in October from dementia. He was a good man and a good...

November 2025

November 20, 2025
The way we use language matters. A number of years ago, at our university’s faculty...

October 2025

October 29, 2025
Gen Z Needs Hope, And You Can Help Mentoring Gen Z Through Chaos and Corruption...
October 06, 2025
Portland, Oregon, is not a war zone. It isn’t war-ravaged. It hasn’t “burnt to the...

September 2025

September 08, 2025
Some days, it feels like every part of our government is being destroyed, from the...

August 2025

August 07, 2025
Our small town festival, which happened last week, is one of Newberg’s best traditions, an...

July 2025

July 22, 2025
What do we talk about when we talk about anti-Christian biases in the United States?...
July 07, 2025
I saw your face all over social media the other day, Glenda from Florida, because...

June 2025

June 23, 2025
Over the past several weeks, I’ve given several public presentations about a topic I’m increasingly...

May 2025

May 28, 2025
On the first morning of my overseas travel, I went for a run in Phnom...

April 2025

April 30, 2025
On April 22, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the first meeting for an anti-Christian...
April 15, 2025
On April 5, I joined people around the nation for a “Hands Off” protest, demonstrating...

March 2025

March 31, 2025
Another week, another scandal, another cascade of lies from the current administration, for whom the...
March 11, 2025
Two weeks ago, the Department of Education launched a portal where concerned parents, students, teachers,...

February 2025

February 17, 2025
 Just now, on social media, I read comment strings on my local community pages cheering...
February 06, 2025
Like so many others in my community and elsewhere, I’ve been spinning out with anxiety...

January 2025

January 14, 2025
This week I begin my 48th semester as a college instructor at a faith-based institution....

December 2024

December 31, 2024
In my first election, I chose Jimmy Carter. I was in seventh grade, so my...
December 20, 2024
For all of my vocational life, Advent season arrives just as another semester is concluding,...
December 04, 2024
Like thousands of other X Users, I recently deactivated my X/Twitter account, migrating to Threads,...

November 2024

November 18, 2024
This is not a post-mortem about the national election. Goodness knows I’ve read enough of...

October 2024

October 21, 2024
As we move closer to the election, former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about immigration has...
October 03, 2024
It’s political sign season in my home community, as it is everywhere. In the county...

September 2024

September 13, 2024
God is Not Dead: In God We Trust opened in theaters Thursday. According to its...
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