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Celebrating Mothers

In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a joint resolution with Congress, paving the way for an annual celebration of Mother’s Day recognized by the Federal Government. The following year was the first official celebration. The History of Mother’s Day: The Origin Story Behind Mother’s Day gives a brief historical overview of what has become a nationally […]

The Many Masks of Spirituality

Don Veinot recently sent me a brief video, Spirituality Without Religion: The Rise of the ‘Modern Mystic’ (less than 9 minutes), that discusses how society is now more open to “spirituality” without connecting it to specific religions, at least not knowingly. This has been a trend for some time and is not new. It is […]

Review of The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide, by Pamela Cooper-White

The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide by Pamela Cooper-White is a challenging and thought-provoking book. I have wrestled with it more than I have with many other books I have read, for reasons I will discuss in this review. Cooper-White sets the table in […]

The Resurrection Probability

The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus will take place for many this Sunday. For most people these days, it is more-or-less a cultural event. I don’t necessarily mean they deny that the resurrection happened, but that they believe it based on their family and church affiliations, rather than as a result of their own […]

Is my child addicted to video games?

I once knew of a boy who came home from school and played video games constantly. Not only that, he had a separate TV in his room as well that he could use to watch cartoons at the same time. Despite that, this boy did well in school. He was on the Scholar’s Bowl, and […]

Paganicon 2025 – Re-enchantment and Neopaganism

Some have asked why we attend events like Paganicon. After all, we are Christians, not pagans. Some of the leadership at Paganicon asked us the same question; why were we attending their event? They were concerned we might stir up trouble. We have covered this in previous articles like “Walking in Their World,” “Mission to […]

Who is Azealia Banks and Why Should We Care?

Ivanni Greppi and I have been writing a series of articles on the rise of African diaspora religions in America today and their influence on social justice related issues. The religions discussed in the articles include Santeria, Palo Mayombe, and Haitian Voodoo. The focus of this article will be on the rapper/singer and songwriter Azealia […]

The Market Place of Ideas

In the 1990s, We were among the early adopters of a new service called America Online. Originally named PlayNET in 1985, they changed their name to America Online in 1988. We signed up in 1991 or 1992, and were so early that we didn’t need to have numbers at the end of our screen names. […]

The How and Why Questions

Not being able to explain exactly how God did something doesn't mean the belief is untrue.

Happy Lies – A Review

Melissa Dougherty wrote a book. Here is my review. I liked it. A lot. I have been looking forward to reading Melissa’s book Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World since I first heard she was writing it. I have been familiar with the New Age movement and […]