2016 In Review

2016 In Review

Pondering the events of the past year means revisiting the good, bad, and ugly. Before I attempt to make sense of it, let’s review the history. Sports are a good place to start. The Chicago Cubs clinched their first World Series title in 108 years.  The Atlanta Braves...
Christmas Hero

Christmas Hero

Talking with Johnny Carson in 1987 about “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Jimmy Stewart said, “It’s amazing that it’s become such a Christmas picture.” It should be no surprise since the movie ends in a heart-warming Christmas scene, and a plot theme is full of the Christmas...
Evangelicals

Evangelicals

Voting evangelicals are quite interesting to political scientists. One reason is that evangelicals comprise 25 to 35 percent of American adults.  Just who are these evangelicals? Christians are considered evangelical in three ways: how we self-identify, what church we...
Cuba

Cuba

Speaking to Christianity Today, after his escape from Cuba in 2012, Pastor Carlos Lamelas described a life of constant surveillance, attempts at black market entrapment, assaults and beatings, false accusations and imprisonment. Yet world leaders memorialize Fidel...