Being faithfully in history
“Being in history” is literally an impossibility, or at least an oxymoron. Ordinary humans can only really be in the present.
‘Come, Lord Jesus’; Get back to work
The whole world is now witnessing major political shifts amid continued decline of confidence in institutions, massive migrations, and widening disparities of opportunity and resource between north and south and between the privileged few and the great majority in every nation.
Five narratives on Donald Trump
Let us consider the main competing narratives that are already emerging.
Free to worship him without fear
We say we are free, but more of us feel alone, afraid, angry, despised, and powerless.
TBT: The election
From 1960: "When one considers the popular vote totals, the wisdom of the voters was a less important factor than the luck of the distribution of the votes in various states."
Election Day: Are you for us or against us?
Jesus is really on nobody’s “side.”
An end to endorsements
This year’s long presidential campaign has felt considerably longer because of the many endorsements, retracted endorsements, suspended endorsements, resurrected endorsements, and counter-endorsements.
TBT: Candidates and Issues
The choice of the next president must be based upon the candidate’s ability to frame new policies to fit new situations within the context of the broad generalities upon which agreement is so complete that one must listen closely to detect the differences in emphasis.