My democratic hope is that no immigrant in this country should feel that his or her efforts are futile and future predetermined because of legal status.
Articles published in July 2018
Why Should the U.S. Have Paid Family Leave?
Honoring the image of God and the inherent dignity of all people requires honoring all families.
Patient Endurance as Christian Political Witness: A Review of “Why Liberalism Failed”
In his book, Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick J. Deneen suggests that liberalism ushered in a new definition of liberty and along with it, a radically new understanding of what it means to be human.
Children of God Living in a Groaning Creation
The increase in CO2 is having such a drastic effect on Earth, that Bill McKibben suggests that we should no longer call it Earth, but Eaarth—the additional “a” indicating a significant, though not fatal, change.
The Price of Gopher Wood
Noah’s story is a story of faithfulness, a story so important that we were taught it as very young children. It is a children’s story, of course, but it is even more an adult story.
Movie Review “First Reformed”
First Reformed is set in and around the longest continuously operated church in the United States and focuses attention on its pastor Ernst Toller played masterfully by Ethan Hawke.