The Monster at the End of Our Book

The Monster at the End of Our Book

Editor’s Note: A version of the following appeared in the July/August issue of Nurturing Faith Journal (NFJ). Beginning in 2025, NFJ will become Good Faith Magazine and will be available for free to all Good Faith Advocates. Information on becoming a Good Faith...
Dangerous or Weird?

Dangerous or Weird?

I will shoot straight with you: I don’t care too much about “saving democracy.” Don’t get me wrong. As a form of governance, democracy is the greatest system humans have devised to honor the will of the people.  When functioning properly, it removes power from the...
Fear in Search of a Theology

Fear in Search of a Theology

Many of today’s boldly proclaimed beliefs—masked as Christianity—are birthed through the narrow canal of fear. This exceeding high birth rate follows a pattern, a particular lineage. Cultural changes are the beaming grandparents out of which the offspring of fear is...
Sowing Grievances Produces Violence

Sowing Grievances Produces Violence

It’s not a new idea: We reap what we sow.  At least as old as the writing of Galatians 6:7, it is a timeless principle.  When it comes to the relationship between hostile rhetoric and violent wrongdoings, the early apostle’s words provide a better perspective than...