“We live in a country in epistemological crisis,” David Brooks laments in his most recent op-ed in the New York Times. Brooks acknowledges that this

Over the past several months I’ve been doing a slow, unhurried read through the book of Jeremiah. It strikes me as the right book for

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This past week I had four separate phone conversations with pastors in four different regions of the country. While each of these conversations was unique,

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The elder pulled him aside after the worship service. “Can I give you some advice, Pastor?” he asked. “Keep politics out of the pulpit. You’re

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It’s been another crazy few weeks in American politics. Crazy seems to be the new norm. Impeachment proceedings. An acquittal by senate republicans. A highly