Let me propose this thesis, drawing on the recent post about what Bruce Springsteen said about Hank Williams: All distinctly Christian art must be, in some sense, about the agonizing struggle between sin and grace. Mere moral lessons, while perhaps commendable, are not enough to
Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese lawyer who has been battling China’s forced abortion policy. For his efforts, he has been in and out of prison since 2005. After his last release in 2010, Mr. Chen has been under house arrest even though he has not
Still more from that brilliant column by Peggy Noonan, America’s Crisis of Character: There is the Secret Service scandal. That one broke through too, and you know the facts: overseas to guard the president, sent home for drinking, partying, picking up prostitutes. What’s terrible about
I met an Anglican priest the other day who, it turns out, was a big fan of Spirituality of the Cross and my other “Lutheran” books. As I talked with him, I was astonished at how much he was into Lutheranism. He explained that there
Peggy Noonan cuts to the heart: People in politics talk about the right track/wrong track numbers as an indicator of public mood. This week Gallup had a poll showing only 24% of Americans feel we’re on the right track as a nation. That’s a historic
David Browder quotes from a keynote speech Bruce Springsteen made at the SXSW shindig in Austin in which he gives his reflections on the great Hank Williams and the music of his tradition: I remember sitting in my little apartment, listening to Hank Williams Greatest
An evangelical conclave has recommended that churches encourage their single members to take contraceptives as a way to cut down on Christians getting abortions: Two weeks ago, younger evangelical leaders gathered in Washington D.C. to reflect about the shape Christianity should take in the world.
Michael Hirsh, writing in the National Journal, in the course of a discussion of the Obama administration’s new Middle East policy quotes an unnamed State Department official as declaring that “the war on terror is over.” The Obama administration is taking a new view of
Levon Helm, the lead singer and drummer of the group so iconic that they just went by the name “The Band,” has died. They were first known as Bob Dylan’s backup band, but they went off on their own and virtually invented the genre of
Phil Humber of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game last Saturday against the Seattle Mariners: no hits, no runs, no walks. He was only the 21st person in baseball history to achieve that feat. It turns out that Humber is an outspoken Christian,
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