Faith for a new generation

USA Today featured an article in late March on the way Millennials do faith and politics. I pulled it out, tucked it away and just read it again.The focus is on a Pew Research Center study showing that those born after 1980 — the first generation to come of age in the...

Health-Care Reform: A Pro-Life Victory

I am a pro-life Christian. On the Sunday of the historic vote on health care, I opened my e-mail to find a mass e-mail from Americans United for Life, basically calling the president a liar and health-care reform anti-life. Recently, I opened my e-mail to find more of...

For Guys, Trust is Only a Beard Away

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on April 14 on a Journal of Marketing Communications study suggesting that men with beards are perceived as more trustworthy – at least when they’re selling something. Participants in the study were shown pictures of...

Faith and Science: Not an Either/Or Choice

Is it possible to simultaneously believe that the Bible is true and that the findings of science are also true? Esteemed Old Testament scholar Bruce K. Waltke certainly thinks so. Waltke teaches at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Orlando campus. He is well known...

Forget the Tea Party. We Need a Prayer Party

Hyper-partisanship was in full bloom in the nation’s capital when I attended the Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), an annual conference on global peace sponsored by more than 45 Christian denominations, service organizations and justice advocacy networks. This...