by Jason Edwards | Sep 13, 2026 | Opinion
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on August 25. Six days later, Wendell Berry died in his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. Parton spent most of her adult life under stage lights wearing wigs, acrylic nails, and rhinestones. Berry, on the other hand, could usually be found...
by Jason Edwards | Jul 10, 2026 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared on Jason G. Edwards’ Substack. You can pre-order a copy of his upcoming book, At Home With God: How the Cross Transforms Us here. The Question in Class During my senior year of high school, an English teacher handed back a...
by Jason Edwards | May 22, 2026 | Opinion
I first encountered the phrase “heart language” during cross-cultural training, years before I understood what it meant. At the time, it felt like a bit of mission vocabulary, a phrase you underline once and move past. But later, living among immigrants and refugees...
by Jason Edwards | Feb 25, 2026 | Opinion
Jesus never had much of a honeymoon with his hometown. One minute, he was the golden boy. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked, beaming with borrowed pride. Quickly, though, they were dragging him to the edge of town to throw him off a cliff (Luke 4:14-30)....
by Jason Edwards | Jan 8, 2026 | Opinion
We once argued about politics at the dinner table and then cleared the dishes. Today, people cut old friends out of their lives. Families avoid each other’s calls. Marriages strain under the weight of partisan loyalty. Something crucial has shifted. Politics hasn’t...
