To me, Donald Trump and Joe Biden seem like terrible presidential candidates. To vote for either would require me to "hold my nose" while in the voting booth. And instead of doing that, I've decided I'm not voting for either candidate in the 2020...
Our culture has become like a child banging pots and pans together on the kitchen floor. We make plenty of noise, but have no love. Looking at 1 Corinthians 13 today, I question whether or not we really love as we ought to, and how the ultimate acid...
As Americans, we love conspiracy theories. But why is that? From our founding fathers, to who really killed JFK, to the coronavirus, we always feel like someone powerful is behind the curtain pulling all the levers that make our world go round. In...
COVID-19 highlights the tensions we have about our individual "civil liberties" and our "collective" duties as citizens. In today's podcast I talk with a Canadian friend as we compare and contrast America and Canada's responses to the coronavirus...
Joe Biden surged during "Super Tuesday" Democratic primaries. The following is my brief "hot takes" on Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, and Tulsi Gabbard.
Recently Bernie Sanders has taken some flack in the media for a 60 Minute interview in which he praised Cuban communist dicator Fidel Castro for his literacy program. Sanders then defended this during a recent presidential debate. Inspired by this...
"Power" is about the ability to exercise your will over others without restraint. Sometimes this is through brute force, but other times, it comes by climbing certain social hierarchies, whether it be in academics, business, politics, or religion. I...
Call me old fashioned, but I believe character still matters. Unfortunately, in the arenas of politics, business, and the church, we increasingly love to sire fools...
This week Nancy Pelosi ripped up Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. This sort of drama reminds me of campy shows like Batman from the 1960's. Entertaining, but not to be taken seriously...
We have this natural tendency to live in an echo chamber. We surround ourselves with those naturally like us, and dismiss the rest. I think it's time to leave the echo chamber...