Posts Tagged ‘Abortion’

A New Evangelical Manifesto

Henry Thoreau observed that it was not a bad idea to build castles in the air—as long as we built foundations under them. That is what this book does. A New Evangelical Manifesto: A kingdom Vision for the Common Good edited by David P. Gushee (Chalice Press) addresses multiple issues that cry out for...

January 2nd, 2013 | Social Justice | Read More

Just Love ‘Em.

Your much-loved, much-lauded, beautiful son finally marries the love of his life, but despite your pride and delight, you can’t brag on him or his new partner to any of your friends at church. Because the love of his life is actually a man. What do you do? You hide. Your daughter moves out into her...

December 27th, 2012 | Social Justice | Read More

Political Persuasions and Guilt By Association

It’s hard to nail down that exact moment when it happened. I had always relished taking a side politically, whether it was as a card-carrying liberal in my early 20s or when I reached my late 20s and took a hard turn to the Right. In both my life as a staunch Democrat and later as a die-hard Republican,...

October 15th, 2012 | Blog, Democracy, Essays | Read More

Member of the AKC Club

I am a member of the AKC. No, not the specialty dog club for fine canines. I am a member of the “Abortion Kills Children” Club. Well, at least I used to be. I no longer carry my card. It expired years ago. But there was a time when I was a card-carrying, active, devoted member of...

June 15th, 2012 | Essays, Social Justice | Read More

Votetivism is not Activism

In 1988, I had been a Christian for a couple years, when I first really read Matthew 25, “..when I was hungry you fed me, when I was naked you clothed me…” and James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in...

August 11th, 2011 | Part of the Solution | Read More

What Made a Difference in the Last Decade

10. Local Food Banks We’ve experienced two recessions in the 2000s, and the second is the worst Americans have seen in decades. This has meant that even more people rely on food banks to meet their daily needs as unemployment rises and incomes stagnate and fall. The USDA’s recent figures...

January 4th, 2010 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

Interview with Donald Miller

Donald Miller is the best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, Through Painted Deserts and To Own a Dragon. He is currently writing his fifth book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, which explores the principles of story-telling in our lives. A feature film is in the works...

July 11th, 2009 | Essays | Read More

The Language of Violence

Dr. George R. Tiller, a high-profile abortion doctor who performed abortions late into the third trimester, was gunned down on Sunday while handing out bulletins in the foyer of his Wichita, Kansas church. The suspect, Scott Roeder, is being described by the media, his acquaintances, and his family as...

June 2nd, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Choose Life

Timely. Effective.

January 21st, 2009 | Blog | Read More

FOCA – Not Just a Four-Letter Word

Yes: this is a long post. Yes: it requires careful reading. Yes: it’s about an issue over which we social progressives might be divided. Still, I invite you to read, pray, and thoughtfully respond, so that we might have constructive dialog. Now that the election is over, it might be easy to...

December 1st, 2008 | Blog | Read More