by Craig Nash | Dec 23, 2025 | Opinion
Sadly, the Revised Common Lectionary doesn’t assign a scripture reading to the high holy day of Festivus. If it did, I imagine it would be one in which Jesus called his audience a “brood of vipers” (Matthew 12:34) or the prophet Hosea referred to God’s people as...
by Craig Nash | Dec 18, 2025 | Opinion
Derek Webb walked into 2025 overwhelmed by the endless barrage of indignities and aggressions Trump 2.0 was already waging on the world. As an artist, he quickly realized he couldn’t put out every fire; his job was to find his “tallest fire” and focus on it. As the...
by Craig Nash | Dec 14, 2025 | News
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. On Sunday, December 14, multiple gunmen fired into a crowd at a public Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. As of this writing, at least 11 people have been killed, with at least 29 others injured and...
by Craig Nash | Dec 11, 2025 | News
As an end-of-year deadline looms for the U.S. Congress to decide whether to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a recent Gallup poll found that approval of the program is approaching record highs. The legislation, passed in 2010 and often referred to...
by Craig Nash | Dec 10, 2025 | Opinion
Nashville songwriting sessions are famous for the tedious hours spent trying to get something down on paper, only for a throwaway line in an unrelated side conversation to become the diamond in the rough a song needs to emerge from the chaos. For Phil Madeira and his...
