Essays and commentary on Christian faith in a postmodern age.
Bulletin: Democrats more fair than God
Here's proof that life isn't fair: The "super wealthy" New York Yankees have won the World Series 26 times. The "middle class" Chicago Cubs haven't won in 100 years. What exactly is Congress doing to fix this World Series unfairness?
Moral politics is no oxymoron
With every election cycle, we can choose to make this broken political system a little bit better, or a little worse.
The myth of private vice
Are there really any "private" moral choices, or is it true that our immoral acts affect the society we are part of?
Experience is not enough
With all the recent political talk about the importance of experience, doesn't it seem ironic that Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and so many other Wall Street juggernauts have been sailed into the rocks by some of our nation's most highly experienced corporate managers? Am I missing something?
The need for speed
Air travel was once luxurious. The chic, cross-country traveler dressed up for the occasion. Hot meals were served on china. Now, it's all about getting there as fast as possible. We have a need for speed.
Survival Instinct
Is there a God who embraces us when we cry out in the darkness, or is there just the empty echo of our own voices? Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has found a surprising answer to that question.
Deconstructing Woody
In a recent interview for Newsweek, Woody Allen talks about the "existential horror of being alive."
Are we alone?
God is (unhelpfully) invisible and apparently silent. When I am sitting on a rock in the desert sun, I may believe God is watching, I may even believe there are leprechauns hiding among the trees, but that hardly makes it so. Are we alone?
No going back
Thoughts and observations while hiking in Madera Canyon.
Political psychosis
Is a new ad by the McCain campaign meant to strike fear in the hearts of evangelicals?
