Watch: The list of materials include: A pro-“Black lives matter” blog post from a New Testament professor at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology. Biola is a conservative evangelical school in Los Angeles. An anti-racism article at the website of […]
Pennsylvania
“…never forget that God is the giver of all good things”
Letter to the Editor, The Pittsburgh Press, April 22, 1955
“I wonder if these parents know or realize what a great gift they are refusing”
Source: Letter to the Editor, Wilkes Barre (PA) Times Leader, March 8, 1957
Pennsylvania counties will not comply with state senator Doug Mastriano’s audit request
We covered this here. Sara Murray has the story at CNN: A Pennsylvania Republican’s effort to launch a ballot audit of the 2020 results in the Keystone State has hit a roadblock after three counties declined to hand over their election materials […]
Doug Mastriano is at it again
The Christian nationalist Pennsylvania senator with a hotline to Trump is initiating something called a “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election. Here is Mastriano at his website: A forensic investigation of our election results and processes for the 2020 General […]
Souderton, Pennsylvania debates “critical race theory”
A recent school district meeting on critical race theory in Souderton, Pennsylvania reveals just how crazy this entire debate has become. Based on Kenny Cooper’s reporting of the event at the website of WHYY (Philadelphia’s public broadcasting television and radio […]
I went shopping this weekend. Why were so many people wearing masks?
I went shopping with my family on Saturday. My daughter needed to buy some things for her new apartment so we jumped in the car and headed east on the Pennsylvania turnpike. We started at IKEA in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and […]
The Pennsylvania Trumpers show-up in Maricopa County, Arizona
Doug Mastriano, the pro-Trump Pennsylvania state legislator who breached the U.S. Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, is at it again. For those of you unfamiliar with this guy, get up to speed with these pieces/posts: Who is Doug Mastriano, […]
Lou Barletta will run for governor of Pennsylvania
Here is Max Greenwood at The Hill: Former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), who challenged Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for his seat in 2018, is running for Pennsylvania governor. Barletta becomes the most prominent Republican yet to jump into the race to succeed Gov. Tom Wolf, […]
Are you looking for an evangelical congregation not divided by race, Trump, or COVID-19? Good luck
Many evangelical Christians believe that racism is a problem in the church, Trump was bad for the church, and COVID-19 revealed selfishness in the church. Some are deciding to stay in their divided congregations and work toward reconciliation. Others are […]
Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism
We have covered Doug Mastriano before. Check out our posts on the controversial Pennsylvania state senator here. Mastriano is the subject of Eliza Griswold’s recent piece at The New Yorker. Here is a taste: Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator […]
Conor Lamb for Senate?
It looks like the moderate Democratic congressman from western Pennsylvania might make a run at Pat Toomey’s open seat in 2022. Here is Sarah Ferris and James Arkin at Politico: Rep. Conor Lamb has begun telling some donors and supporters […]
When Facebook replaces the local newspaper
The editor of Current, Eric Miller, is a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. I wonder if he knows about The News Alert of Beaver County public Facebook group? I’ll have to ask him. Brandy Zadrony’s piece at NBC News reveals […]