Category: Culture
Understanding Syria on Another Anniversary of War: A Brief Reading List
Today marks the eighth year of the war in Syria. The conflict has produced some of the worst destruction and the most displaced people of any conflict in decades. It is the worst war, for its...
Look, Syria Is Still Happening
The war that started with protests-turned-violent in March 2011 enters its eighth year tomorrow. Its eighth year. Eight years is a long time. And it’s way longer when the threat of bombs, chemical weapons, kidnapping,...
Is Disappointment the Underlying Emotion of Our Culture?
Walker Percy wrote “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book” in 1983. At the time, he made the observation that the primary emotion experienced among “adult Northeastern Americans” was disappointment. He explains that the...
What Do Explorers Pack?
In the February 12 and 19 issues of The New Yorker, David Grann gives us the fascinating story of Henry Worsley, a modern arctic explorer. In the footsteps of his hero, Ernest Shackleton, Worsley made...
Judges: ICE Can’t Deport 100 Christians to Indonesia (Yet)
This story is published in full at Christianity Today On February 1, a federal judge put a halt to the deportation of about 50 Indonesian Christians living in New Hampshire. The next day, a different...
Foreign Policy in President Trump’s State of the Union
Donald Trump is a self-proclaimed “America First” president. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that has translated into a much stronger focus on domestic issues than foreign policy. This is not to say President Trump has no foreign policy,...
10 Ways to Stay Motivated
So you made your resolutions–and you’re already falling behind. You’re already putting a pause on achieving your goals. You’re making excuses, adding caveats, and putting off what you said you wanted to do. I’ve been...
The Three Languages of Politics
Recently, I read through Arnold Kling’s short, inventive book, “The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides.” It puts words to a realization that many of us have had. Especially lately, we sense...
Be Pro-All-Life
Today is the March for Life. As Christians, we are called to be life-giving. Imitators of the Father, who breathed life into creation. Disciples of Christ, who grants new life through his death and resurrection....
For My Young Immigrant Friends
Saying Things That Shouldn’t Need to Be Said I can’t believe I’m writing this in 2018, but none of my immigrant friends have ever threatened me—either my physical safety or my personal beliefs. They’ve not...