The Power of Public Theology

With similar emotion and energy, we pledge our allegiance to the nation and confess our faith in the one true God. Whether these two loyalties collaborate or collide is a matter of utmost importance and never more so than when a nation is at war. It is therefore a...

Seeing What Isn’t There

In a recent “Dear Abby” column, a young girl wrote the columnist seeking advice. During a class at school, she had stated that she would one day like to become president of the United States. Her classmates ridiculed her and her teacher completely...

‘Laws of Attraction’

“Laws of Attraction” is an appealing movie not because its two opposing divorce attorneys are attracted to each other, but because those two divorce attorneys weigh whether to move beyond attraction to commitment. This romantic comedy, which opens...

Where the Vultures Gather

Among the joys of this spring has been a trip up the Natchez Trace from Culbert’s Ferry in North Alabama to near Nashville, a distance of about 125 miles. The road winds mostly through a forest, generally following the route set early in the 19th century by the...