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 […]
Tag Archives: politics
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.
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 […]