A Post-Election Prayer

Oh Lord, my Lord, how majestic is your name in all of the earth. For it is you and you alone, my God, to whom all power and honor and glory belongs. In obedience to your Holy Word, I lift up this prayer as a sweet offering for those who rule over us. Have mercy upon...

The Voice of the Prophet

I awoke Wednesday morning to hear my radio announcing the morning news. I thought to myself, “What have my people done?” As I drove to my church, I heard the voice of the prophet. But the question is: Should I listen? During the past 18 months, in a...

God is not a Republican … or a Democrat

As a born-again evangelical who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, I am troubled by the assertions I have heard throughout this campaign season that God is a Republican, or that one cannot be a Christian and vote for John Kerry. The Bible upon which I...

Brick by Brick

The music has stopped for too many public school children, particularly those on the lower end of the economic scale. And that’s just not acceptable for people like David Wish. As an elementary school teacher in 1996, Wish became frustrated with the lack of...

‘Alfie’

“Alfie” is what Paramount calls a “stylish reinvention” of the 1966 original starring Michael Caine. It isn’t clear that “Alfie” needed updating. Jude Law as Alfie is fine, but the story itself—womanizer can’t stop...

Mending the Breach

Voter turnout this past Tuesday reached record numbers. Clearly Americans have demonstrated a vigorous interest in the outcome of this presidential election. They may have been motivated by different issues, but voters were motivated. Campaign managers and candidates...