February 2017 - Uncommon God, Common Good

February 27, 2017

President Trump remarked during a Black History Month gathering that "Frederick Douglass is an example...

February 24, 2017

In a post-apocalyptic world of almost total extinction, a father and son struggle to survive....

February 22, 2017

[**Beware: Light Spoilers Ahead for the Movie Moonlight**] All too often, we reduce people to the...

February 20, 2017

In honor of “Black History Month,” I asked an African American friend of mine, Pastor...

February 19, 2017

Do you know what February 19th is famous for in history? On this day in...

February 16, 2017

One of the problems with sin is that we can see it so clearly at...

February 14, 2017

There are different kinds of love, some cancerous and life-taking; others are life-giving. My niece...

February 13, 2017

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel said that there is no...

February 11, 2017

One of my favorite movies is The Mission starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons. There...

February 10, 2017

In an interview with Charlie Rose back in November 2016, Jon Stewart analyzed the Presidential...

February 09, 2017

Richard Niebuhr wrote in The Kingdom of God in America, “A God without wrath brought men...

February 07, 2017

A famous meme frames President Trump’s National Prayer Breakfast speech last Thursday as lacking religious...

February 06, 2017

The turbulence surrounding Betsy DeVos as President Trump’s pick for Education Secretary included concern over...

February 04, 2017

I attended the National Prayer Breakfast and related gatherings in Washington, D.C. this week. I...

February 01, 2017

The past few weeks have been quite eventful. We have witnessed the Women's March, the...

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