Evangelicalism in the Trump Era

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 …

The Year of Our Lord, 1973

I’ve always been a little strangely fascinated with my birthyear. I know that sounds narcissistic, but you’ll have to take my word on this. I don’t collect historical tidbits of the year 1973 for any egotistical reason. It’s just plain old vanilla obsessive compulsive disorder. The following are facts I’ve collected about this year, organized …