When a human object of devotion violates law and moral standards, it’s time to break away and recommit to our faith, our principles, our conscience.
Author: Tom Krattenmaker, Opinion columnist
Stonewall and gay rights at 50: Cultural transformation but a tough political road
‘It would have been so much easier’ to live now than 50 years ago, my gay friend says at 86. Changes came when society woke up to injustice and acted.
‘Game of Thrones’ finale: The profound message of Bran the Broken’s wooden wheelchair
‘Game of Thrones’ values wisdom over strength, cooperation over power, and peace over violence. Its wheelchair-throne is a perfect symbolic finale.
I’m not swooning over ‘Breakthrough.’ It avoids hard questions about miracles and God.
If a child’s cancer is evidence that God works in mysterious ways, so is a house that survived a tornado. Neither proves God favors some over others.
March Madness revenue is insane. So is soaring student debt. Time for March sanity?
Our cultural and economic priorities are misaligned. Enjoy the games, but remember that colleges have a mission higher and broader than basketball.
Super Bowl’s old-school masculinity needs an update. Real men get help when they need it.
The Rams-Patriots clash celebrates playing through the pain. But suffer-in-silence, show-no-weakness masculinity is risky, as Kevin Love knows.
Jesus doesn’t need Christianity. His example is powerful without any religion at all.
Will there be room at the inn for Jesus in our setting as we become more of a post-Christian society in the years and decades ahead? We can hope so.
White progressives shouldn’t be smug about racism. We could be doing much more to end it.
Our mouths, hearts and votes are generally in the right place. But our money often isn’t. What are we willing to risk to undo systemic racism?