I see the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is in the news again thanks to Tucker Carlson. Here is my take from last year.
Bombs, justice, and historical humility currentpub.com/2023/08/03/bom…

'What these poems demonstrate is a keen sense of observation, tinged with wonder and ready to appreciate what is encountered. No doubt Keats was more complicated than this, but his poetry offers us a way of being in the world that is worth considering.' currentpub.com/2024/04/22/ode…

'Even more surprising to me was the existence of actual bereavement cookbooks, and I have already requested two from Interlibrary Loan—because how could I not?' currentpub.com/2024/04/22/fun…

'In fact, conservative evangelicals nearly became active supporters of nature protection efforts not only in 1970, when Earth Day was first observed, but also twenty years later, in 1990, on its twentieth anniversary....' currentpub.com/2024/04/22/hap…

In case you missed last night's odds and ends. Read and learn! currentpub.com/2024/04/21/sun…

If you want to be successful in Trumpian politics all you need to do is repeat, almost mechanically or robotically, Trump talking points. The questions don’t matter. All you need to do is press play and start moving your mouth. currentpub.com/2024/04/22/kri…

Christian nationalism, democratic discourse, and people from New Jersey trying harder:
currentpub.com/2024/04/22/chr…

Columbia University moves classes online amid pro-Palestinian protests
currentpub.com/2024/04/22/col…

We also have: Evangelicals respond to the House aid bill; Jenna Ellis on Taylor Swift; are Feucht & Metaxas headed to Columbia U?; baptisms in pick-up trucks; pastor says his church is debt free because he had the 'courage' to support Trump; & more: currentpub.com/2024/04/22/eva…

In today's roundup we have: World Vision on Earth Day, did Moscow Marjorie underestimate Mike Johnson's evangelical support?; World Relief on food insecurity in Haiti; evangelicals and the poor; Shane Claiborne is no fan of aid to Israel; & more: currentpub.com/2024/04/22/eva…

'People today can write sonnets and people today can notice nightingales. And appreciators have been and are around if we will notice them and join them.' currentpub.com/2024/04/22/ode…

'In times of loss, the gift of food meets many needs.' Check out Colleen Vasconcellos's piece, 'Funeral Food': currentpub.com/2024/04/22/fun…

Your Sunday night odds and ends are here. Read and learn: currentpub.com/2024/04/21/sun…

Six in a row. Another series win.

STARLING MARTE GIVES THE METS THE LEAD BACK WITH A THREE-RUN BOMB!!

LOVE this interview with Shirley Mullen.

'There were issues in our denominational history that pulled us to the 'right' and those that pulled us to the 'left.' From that realization, I began to see that this 'not fitting' could itself be a gift to the world.' 💯

CURRENT is better than ever! But we can't keep delivering such quality content without your support! currentpub.com/2024/04/09/hap…

'Wanted: those with the skill and desire to host difficult conversations': currentpub.com/2024/04/16/int…

'But as Guelzo has noted on more than one occasion, Lincoln’s commitment to democracy was not of a populist kind.' currentpub.com/2024/04/18/rev…

'...our individualistic age puts an asterisk of suspicion beside all communities, however defined, seeing them all as potential sources of majoritarian abuse or undemocratic tyranny—which, of course, they too often are.' currentpub.com/2024/04/19/lon…