This essay is based on a suggestion I made in a panel discussion at the Wild Goose Festival in summer 2019. The other panelists were Brian McLaren, Frank Schaeffer, and Randall Balmer. In the conversation, it occurred to me that shame played a significant — but largely unnoticed — role in the development of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism, especially in regard to
politics....
We do not know if Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health represents the current consensus of a majority of the Supreme Court. We certainly don’t know yet if it’s a preview of the Court’s actual ruling....
Everywhere I look today — social media, news outlets, my email — people are discussing the SCOTUS leak. As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is....
For many years, Bill Hwang was a high flying donor for Ravi Zacharias’ ministry. He also was someone who Zacharias put in front of his audiences even though Zacharias knew Hwang had a checkered past....
“My business is making people, especially children, happy,” said the late Walt Disney, founder of the global entertainment juggernaut that bears his name. “The important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together—and that’s the backbone of our business, catering to families—that’s what we hope to do.”...
