A couple weeks ago, I argued that “toxic” was a weasel word that progressive Christians use too much. On my Facebook page,1 a reader2 pointed out that conservative Christians have their own weasel words. One in particular caught my attention: liberal. I think that’s spot-on. And yes, I have several[…]
“Yeah, if I was in Germany during World War II, I probably would have been a Nazi.” And with that, Eric ruined our meal at Chick-Fil-A. Trying to lighten the mood, I asked if he needed to talk with our Bible professors about in my best deadpan. He laughed. “No.[…]
Let me begin with a half-baked sweeping observation: there are two groups of people in the world. The first are those who want to belong to the crowd. The second are those who want to feel special. These desires aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, most of us have both simultaneously,[…]
Last week(ish), I gave the first reason I loved being a firebrand conservative in college. This week, it’s on to reason number two: being hardcore conservative made me feel manly. I’ve already documented my…complicated relationship with evangelicals and manliness. For those who didn’t catch it the first time, I talk[…]
In my last post, I shared three reasons I liked being a firebrand conservative in college: It gave a narrative to the world and my place in it. It made me feel manly. It let me feel different in a good way. I also said I’d discuss each reason over[…]
“So in conclusion, I’d still rather go duck hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with Ted Kennedy. Or be anywhere alone with Bill Clinton. Or anywhere at all with Hillary.” I smirked into my microphone as my co-hosts laughed their approval. Me and my friends Brock, Jim, and Adam1 were[…]
Last week was about all the ways politics terrified me as a boy. This week is about the moment it all changed. My family was caravanning to Michigan for a reunion. At a gas station outside Wichita, I hopped out to stretch my legs in the dense July air. My[…]
Last week, I opened my series on evangelicals and politics with my vague boyhood idea that Republicans were good, and Democrats were bad. But that wasn’t my only vague idea. When I was a kid, politics terrified me. *** “You know what the real problem is–relying on government for everything.”[…]
My last post was on assuming the worst about “Those Evangelicals” and the liturgy. This week, I thought Those Evangelicals deserved their own post. But first, I should explain what I mean by Those Evangelicals. Who are Those Evangelicals? No matter your theology or politics, everybody can have Those Evangelicals.[…]