5 Reflections of a Grateful Adoptive Dad

Not many husbands get to tell their wives, “Guess what? We’re having a baby!” On Jan. 13, 1998, I had that privilege. Gayla and I had been approved to adopt a child a few months before. We had survived the stress of social workers inspecting our...

Don’t Wrap Your Faith and Patriotism Too Tightly

U.S. citizens have the huge privilege and heavy responsibility of having a voice in shaping our nation’s future. In November, we will participate in a presidential election and in the choice of other elected officials on national, state and local levels. These...

A Dangerous Path for Politically Active Christians

Are you a politically active Christian? For our purposes, let’s say you qualify as politically active if you have shared between one and 247 emails or social media posts with political themes in the last week. For those of you who are closer to the 247 end of...

Getting Some Perspective This Election Season

An important election season announcement: If Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or anyone else is elected president of the United States, Jesus Christ will still be Lord of the universe. My presidential election memories go back to my sixth-grade...
Profiles in Goodwill: Blake McKinney

Profiles in Goodwill: Blake McKinney

Blake McKinney is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Blake’s articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? North Little Rock, Arkansas, and Bristol, Tennessee. 2. What is your...