Andy Crouch, What Does the Faith and Work Movement Need to Hear?

Andy Crouch, What Does the Faith and Work Movement Need to Hear?

In early February, I probed the thoughts of Andy Crouch, author, blogger, and speaker. Crouch had just resigned as executive editor at Christianity Today and moved to the John Templeton Foundation as a communication strategist. His books and speaking engagements have made him a thought leader on culture, and connected him notably to the faith … Read more

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Processing in the Inaugural Prayer Service: America! America!

  America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! –America the Beautiful (Katharine Lee Bates)   It had been a long glorious morning full of adrenaline, symbolism, and splendid pomp and circumstance. Then we sang the second stanza of the hymn “America the Beautiful.” Confirming my soul … Read more

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One Hell of a Year for #GenXers

  This blog originally appeared on www.collabortiaveorlando.com December 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. 2016 had all the potential of being one of those watershed years of life because the big 4-0 was upon me. While my birthday came and went, the significance of 2016 seems to be the unusually large number of pop culture icons from … Read more

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The Trust Deficit

Last night John Huntsman delivered his victory/concession speech (which was it?) for his third place finish in the New Hampshire Republican primary. One of his main points concerned the decrease of trust the American public has for its major institutions. He said, “The people of the greatest nation that ever was, the United State of … Read more

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Voting Patterns Based on Faith: We Need Honest Media Portrayal

The presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and John Huntsman have raised the specter of a first for a US president: one who is a Mormon. Certainly after 44 presidents of Protestant faith affiliation, with exception for the lone Roman Catholic in John F. Kennedy, this would be a marked difference for our country. As well, … Read more

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Trust in Appropriate Theology

Originally published as an editorial in the Orlando Sentinel on January 28, 2010. I had to look up the word ersatz. The term appears often in newspaper editorials, academic works and other erudite publications. Ersatz, according to my iPhone dictionary app, means an inferior substitute. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, many are seeking … Read more

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