I grew up in the Evangelical Christian world. Its various tenets that were most vaulted were: Missions (spreading the Gospel to other nations) Marriage sanctity and nuclear family (one man / one woman, having children) Christian education (curriculum designed for Christian families to be apart from non-Christian public education) American patriotism (gun rights, strict Constitutional …
Tag Archives: politics
Gym Philosophy: return to normal
“I dunno, I think this is all ok. We got the first black president out of the way. We got the first woman out of the way. Now we got a billionaire president out of the way. Maybe soon we can get back to normal again.” – some dude at my gym one morning
The mystical comfort of music
Immediately following the 2016 US presidential election, the very last place I wanted to go to for comfort was my church. I’m not alone in this. I attend a fairly-conservative, mostly-white Republican Evangelical church in a similarly populated town. As a registered Democrat, I suddenly felt politically and ideologically “naked” among my fellow parishioners like …
Polity
Cowardice asks the question: “Is it safe”? Expediency asks the question: “Is it politic”? Vanity asks the question: “Is it popular?” But conscience asks the question: “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s …
Electoral Epistemology
I was speaking with someone recently about tomorrow’s election and they brought up a very good point that I want to explore in myself.
2008 Rally
Sarah and I went to the Barack rally back in September. It was quite an experience, having never been this involved in politics before. Here are some pictures…
Straight talkin’
Given the lively discussin’ that was goin’ on yesterday, I thought I’d link another video.
Hate mail
Look what I got in the mail…
Pop culture and the Canon
Guest reader Sarah’s comment on my blog post about movies referenced in Christian books got me to thinking.
Herofication
Remember a few years ago when Chris Columbus was going through the retroactive wringer? The historians were brutal to the man.