What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelical churches growing? Evangelical leaders gather in Poland. Jim Wallis on Christian nationalism: The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) adds “character” to its standards for non-profits. World Vision is working to end […]
This is what Christian nationalism looks like:
I have been critical of those who use the phrase “Christian nationalist” to describe anyone who wants to bring their Christian faith to bear on public life. But Christian nationalists do exist. Here is Joel Webbon: Learn more about him […]
Nikki Haley falls in line
Trump trashed her and her family, but today Nikki Haley announced that she will be voting for the former president in 2024. She did not say if she would campaign for Trump or do anything beyond casting a vote for […]
Come to a Trump rally and get a blessing
Texas congressman and Liberty University graduate Troy E. Nehls was at Donald Trump’s trial yesterday. He compared Trump to the Pope. Watch:
American Historical Association: “Media accounts of a politically charged war for the soul of social studies are overblown”
I missed this piece when it was first published in Time back in March. It is written by Jim Grossman of the American Historical Association and three AHA researchers. A taste: For the past half-decade, amid overheated rhetoric contesting the […]
Headline of the day: “History Major Discerned Call to Priesthood While Working at Wawa”
How could I resist calling your attention to a headline containing the words “History Major,” “Priesthood,” and “Wawa”? From Catholic Philly: Born and raised in Glenside, and a parishioner at Saint Luke the Evangelist Church, Transitional Deacon Brendan Zehner says he […]
Pope Francis on Texas immigration policy: “That is madness. Sheer madness”
Over at Religion News Service, Claire GiangravĂ© reports on Nora O’Donnell’s 60 Minutes interview with Pope Francis. Here is a taste: Conservative opposition to this pontificate by bishops in the United States is “a suicidal attitude” that clings to the […]
Evangelical roundup for May 20, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Is evangelicalism “loosening?” Does Donald Trump share the values of American evangelicalism? The National Association of Evangelicals explores racial justice and racial reconciliation: Shane on Gaza: French evangelicals supports a new law to combat […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Daniel Schillinger reviews occasional Current writer Anton Barba-Kay’s A Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation. Maureen Dowd on Bill Maher Has “heterodoxy” become its own orthodoxy? […]
Do some progressives owe apologies?
Here is Bill Maher, Pamela Paul (New York Times) and Nellie Bowles (The Free Press):
CNN political commentator Alice Stewart has died
For those of us who regularly watch CNN for our news, this is a terrible loss. Stewart was a rational and smart conservative voice on the network. More on Stewart’s life and career here.
Robert Jeffress, Fox News, and pickleball before dawn
In this video, Fox & Friends interviews pro-Trump pastor Robert Jeffress at 5:41 AM. It’s dark, there is a pickleball referee on site, and there are cheerleaders. I also learned that First Baptist Church is known locally as the “Baptist […]
What if Biden and Trump tied?
Joshua Zeitz asks us to remember the Election of 1824: In the case of a tie, which hasn’t happened in exactly 200 years, the House decides the election, per the 12th Amendment, with each state delegation allotted one vote. Republicans […]
Image of the day
Memories of the Jersey shore–specifically the boardwalk at Seaside Heights.
Gnawing on lead shot “for pleasure”: A Revolutionary War-era barracks is found at Williamsburg
Here is Michael E. Ruane at The Washington Post: Years after the Williamsburg barracks wereburned, former Continental Army soldier Spencer Davis, of Virginia, recalled seeing the glow from the blaze in the distance. A British force had pounced on the […]
Donald Trump and the Electoral College, circa 1999
As most of you know, Donald Trump has never won a popular vote for President of the United States. In 2016, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly three million votes. In 2020, he lost the popular […]
Ali vs. Cosell
A short video today for the sports fans in the room:
We are #41!
I have no idea what this means, but a site called Feed Spot ranks The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast 41st in its “70 Best American History Podcasts” list. We haven’t done a new episode yet in 2024, but […]
Chaos in the House Oversight Committee. Lauren Boebert makes the sign of the cross.
Everyone is talking about what happened last night in the House Oversight Committee, and it was not the scheduled discussion about holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt. Watch: I’ll let others comment on the insanity. What I found interesting […]
Joe Biden’s pro-life legacy
Joe Biden can’t get a break right now. The economy is improving. We are living normal lives again. Infrastructure improvements have begun. Things aren’t perfect, but Biden has brought us back, and has brought us back stronger. His infrastructure spending […]