Archives for June 2024

Sunday night odds and ends

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A few things online that caught my attention this week: What is an archive? Coffee and the Civil War Michael Sean Winters reviews James Davison Hunter’s Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis The least important […]

Evangelical prayer as a political weapon

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Sean Feucht, wearing an “it’s not political, its spiritual” t-shirt, joins Samuel Rodriguez and Eric Metaxas in praying before Thursday night’s Trump-Biden debate. Praying for our leaders is a good thing. Using prayer as a political weapon is not a […]

Evangelicals respond to the Biden-Trump presidential debate

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It is interesting to note that very few pro-Trump/anti-Biden evangelicals are talking about the more than 30 lies Trump told during the debate. There was very little Trump said on Thursday night that was true! Jemar Tisby: Bart Barber, outgoing […]

Boston Seminar Day 5

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Friday was the last day of the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History/Wilderness Education Project seminar with K-12 teachers from the Roanoke, Virginia area. We took colonial and revolutionary Boston by storm! 🙂 See our updates on the previous days of […]

What is popular this week at CURRENT

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Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog: ”

Boston Seminar: Day 4

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Day 4 focused on Lexington and Concord and we were honored to have John Bell of Boston 1775 blog as our tour guide. John walked us through the April 1775 battle and debunked some cherished myths. His tour was outstanding. […]

Is this the best the United States can do?

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Some quick thoughts on tonight’s debate: I am not sure if Donald Trump said one truthful thing tonight. He is a liar. He is a felon. He is incompetent. He is a threat to democracy. He has no vision for […]

Boston Seminar: Day 3

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Our week in Boston with Roanoke-area K-12 history teachers marches on! Find out what happened on Day 1 and Day 2. Day 3 started with a morning lecture on the Enlightenment in Boston. My lecture was an attempt to explain […]

The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Garner Masarik

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Elizabeth Garner Masarik is Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York, Brockport. This interview is based on her new book, The Sentimental State: How Women-Led Reform Built the American Welfare State (University of Georgia Press, 2024). […]

Another small Christian college is closing

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From the Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy, Massachusetts) website: The Board of Trustees of Eastern Nazarene College today announced it has voted unanimously to begin the process of closing ENC and transitioning it into a new educational enterprise that will carry […]

Boston Seminar: Day 2

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If you missed the Day 1 summary get up to speed here. Day 2 of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History/Wilderness Education Project trip to Boston with Roanoke, VA-area teachers was packed with educational opportunities. We started out at […]