The "business" sections of most newspapers and business segments of news broadcasts are structured for the concerns of executives and shareholders. Every day they provide news that is of vital importance to employees and customers, but those constituencies are forced to read between the lines for clues of how this news affects their concerns. Read more
For American evangelicalism, Exodus was a bearing wall -- a vital support column. It propped up the illusion that evangelical culture-warriors have any claim to the moral high ground. And, even more fundamentally, it propped up an otherwise unsustainable proof-texting hermeneutic. Without the support of Exodus' lie, evangelicals would need to, in Tim Keller's words, "Completely disassemble the way in which they read the Bible. Completely disassemble their whole approach to authority." Read more
Reforming international food aid. Another persecuted hegemon. "Promposals?" Just say no. Slavery and immigration. "Porn the way God intended." Read more
Authoritarian leadership styles discourage competence. Competence requires the existence of an independent set of standards, those of a given craft. Leaders, or corporate managers, who insist on authoritarian control refuse to defer to such standards, and when the importance of those standards is reduced, the craft suffers. Read more
Saying that "ex-gay" ministries are "imprisoned in a worldview that's neither honoring toward our fellow human beings, nor biblical," Exodus International president Alan Chambers apologizes for the pain he has caused and announces that Exodus is closing its doors. Read more
Leonard Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, explains why he doesn't read blogs -- and consequently explains why I don't enjoy reading Leonard Wieseltier. Read more
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Persecuted hegemons. The Lunachicks! "But if you're not doing anything wrong, what are you worried about?" New Jersey dodges a bullet. Personal testimonies in Grand Rapids. The Pledge of Allegiance is creepy. Read more
I don't claim to have any special gifts of spiritual discernment, but I can hear what these Charisma writers are shouting at the top of their lungs. This is hate. And lies. And lies in the service of hate. Whatever spirit is at work in this, it cannot be a holy one. Read more
You may approach the bench. Evangelism is hospitality. "Sousveillance" and school lunch. Stupid questions. An unjust law. Wolf Blitzer's teachable moment. Taking God's name in vain. Read more
Lt. Gen. David Morrison, chief of the Australian army, demonstrates how a leader ought to respond to allegations of sexual abuse by trusted officers within the organization that leader is responsible to lead. Morrison is blunt, unequivocal and clear. And he is angry. No excuses, no exceptions. The tone and substance of this message conveys everything that leaders of the various Christian churches have failed to convey. Read more
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