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The poet Donald Hall died on Saturday after a long, distinguished career, including a stint as US Poet Laureate in…

I see there is an effort out there to do away with the Electoral College in presidential elections in the…

By Brian Keepers The Nissan Pathfinder rumbles along the narrow, winding dirt road. Actually, more like a dirt path. It’s…

By Melody Meeter Now we are in Ordinary Time and the Revised Common Lectionary has us listening to the story…

With all the kerfuffle over Romans 13 in the news these past weeks, I wondered whether a Christian political theorist…

  A few years ago I was in a conversation with a National Guard member. Ok, it was an argument,…

By Tom Boogaart I am coming to the end of a long teaching career at Western Theological Seminary and beginning…

By James Bratt Every now and then a past American president undergoes a radical change in historical reputation. The starkest…

By Tamera Schreur I’m quite impressed with young Karthik Nemmani. Well, the whole nation is! Fourteen-year-old Karthik from Texas was…

Politics and religion intertwine in interesting and troubling ways. As a historical figure, I’ve always found Abraham Lincoln a fascinating…