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THIS IS A PSALM CATHOLICS SKIP when they read through the Book of Psalms for their private devotions. But many would say it’s the perfect psalm for American political leaders today. Bible prayer for rotten leaders Launching a lethal, failed …
WHEN I STUMBLE OVER a powerful Bible passage, as I work my way through paraphrasing the Casual English Bible, I create a video reading of the passage. For better, and sometimes…as today…for worse. For better Here are three examples of …
THE PREACHER wouldn’t let us pray this prayer in church. Someone would hit the brakes. But it’s in the Bible. People used to pray like this. We do, too, when no one’s listening. I created this paraphrase of Psalm 58 last week for …
I READ THE NEWS morning, noon, and night. I hold my breath each time I open up a news app on my phone. I’m afraid of what I’m going to read. I keep hoping for someone to take a stand for integrity, human decency, and justice. I’m almost always …
I’M GETTING SOMEONE ELSE’S EMAIL. People are writing vicious emails to some guy named Stephen Miller, and they’re sending them to me. Emails Here are three of several I got this week. THE TAKING OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS … WE WILL REMEMBER …
SOMETIMES WE’RE PROUD of our country: of our leaders, our citizens, and the choices we make. But sometimes we’re so ashamed that we delay taking trips abroad. And when we write to our friends in other countries, we apologize for what’s going on here, …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. And it comes from Matthieu Sabiti, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He wins a free book for his trouble. Here’s his question—incredibly pertinent for him, given the pillaging and warfare that he and his fellow …
CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS. Let’s assume they: exist—in the various political parties want to make the country a better place aren’t afraid to do the right thing even if it could cost them re-election. Let’s brainstorm a vision for them. When my pastor, …
IT’S TOUGH to have a civil conversation about disputed matters. We rag on Congress for acting like babies doing nothing but screaming while sitting in their poopy pants. Yet when we Christians have tough topics to hash over, we stink things up, too. …
I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK of my fellow Christians. Could we please not watch Fox News so much? That channel doesn’t produce informed Christians. It produces misinformed, angry, intolerant Christians. We’ve already nailed that reputation. We don’t need …
I DON’T GET IT. In political discussions, especially about Obamacare, here’s a version of one of the arguments I hear over and over from many of my Christian friends: When God told us to help the poor, he didn’t intend for the government to impose …
WITH THE ELECTION OVER, most of us are hoping that our political leaders will shake off the stubborn intransigence of the past four years and actually start working on fixing the real problems that the people in our country face. We can hope, can’t …
