Your Family Needs You (And You Need Them)

Your Family Needs You (And You Need Them) Earlier this month, in a piece for The Atlantic, Joshua Coleman described an epidemic that’s not COVID but that’s also afflicting America: family estrangement. As a psychologist who specializes in family therapy, Coleman reports that his practice is flooded with older parents mourning the loss of contact with their grown children and … More Your Family Needs You (And You Need Them)

Finding Meaning in Life Is Good for Your Health

Finding Meaning in Life Is Good for Your Health In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl wrote, “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how.’” Both the book and its most famous quote were products of an incredibly difficult experience. During World War II, Frankl and his family were deported from their … More Finding Meaning in Life Is Good for Your Health

Christian Nationalism and Christian Hope

Christian Nationalism and Christian Hope A couple of weeks ago, the British left-leaning magazine The Guardian breathlessly proclaimed, “[E]xperts are warning the US is facing a wave of rightwing ‘Christian nationalist’ legislation in 2021, as the religious right aims to thrust Christianity into everyday American life.”  And what nefarious legislation will “thrust Christianity in everyday life”? Pro-life … More Christian Nationalism and Christian Hope

Offering Hope in Reentry

The American criminal justice system holds almost 2.3 million people in 1,833state prisons, 110federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,134 local jails, 218immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals, and prisons in the U.S. territories. But people go to jail 10.6 million times each … More Offering Hope in Reentry

A COVID-Free China Still Isn’t Free

A COVID-Free China Still Isn’t Free Recently, police in Hong Kong arrested 53 pro-democracy activists for holding a primary election. The Communist Chinese government made the sweep of political opponents under cover of its new national security law. The same day as these arrests, China-based tech firm Alibaba’s stock jumped 30 percent when word circulated that Jack Ma, Alibaba’s eccentric … More A COVID-Free China Still Isn’t Free

Navigating the News in 2021 from a Christian Worldview

Navigating the News in 2021 from a Christian Worldview A recent headline that isn’t exactly news announced the findings of a recent Gallup study: “Americans Remain Distrustful of Mass Media.” Six out of ten Americans trust the media either “not very much” or “not at all” when it comes to reporting the news fairly and accurately.  Truth … More Navigating the News in 2021 from a Christian Worldview

What if What We Saw Yesterday {1/6} at the Capitol Is Us?

What if What We Saw Yesterday at the Capitol Is Us? In the introduction to his book The Content Trap, author Bharat Anand asks readers to consider what caused The Yellowstone Fires of 1988, which lasted for months and destroyed over 1.3 million acres of the world’s oldest, and one of our nation’s most treasured, national parks. The traditional … More What if What We Saw Yesterday {1/6} at the Capitol Is Us?