The Pro-Life movement must prove they care what happens to women and children after birth. — When I was a teen, I would have considered myself pro-life. I grew up evangelical, and I even went to the National Right to Life Rally back in 1984 hearing President Reagan speak by phone to the crowd gathered. But being pro-life in 1984 was very different than what it…

The end of Roe puts us closer to a coming orgy of political violence. — The overturning of Roe v. Wade has me wishing that Sweet Meteor of Death come quickly and wipe humanity off the face of the earth. I’m upset, not that we are heading towards the Handmaid’s Tale, but that we are heading towards low-level political violence, all against all. I’m upset…

Musings and thoughts on the opening hearing of the January 6 Committee. — All. Old. News. The Republican House Judiciary made that judgment on their Twitter account on Thursday evening during the prime-time public hearing of the January 6 Select Committee. We’ve heard it all before. Nothing to see here. Move along. The GOP House Judiciary wants to paint the hearing as a…

The shootings in Uvalde show an America that doesn’t seem to function. But that can change. — Uvalde. A place a lot of us didn’t even know existed a week ago is now a symbol of a nation that is broken. We are just dealing with the aftermath of the shooting in Buffalo and the day after that, the shooting in Laguna Woods. Now, Uvalde. This one…

We need to focus on the shooter and not on the gun. — When the news alert about today’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas ran across my smartphone, I wondered how long it would be until the social media would be filled with angry people. Not long. There was a lot of metaphorical rending of garments about the state of our nation that seems…

Southern Baptists used to be pro-life. Not anymore. — In June of 2021, the Southern Baptist Convention held its annual meeting in Nashville. The main issue of many of the “messengers” who came to Nashville was the potential for a “takeover” of the denomination by an ultra-conservative faction. …

Social media didn’t make American society stupid. But the rise of narrow information silos most certainly has. — Peak into my bedroom on a Sunday evening sometime circa 1985, you would have seen me working on homework, probably geometry that was due the next day. But I wasn’t just doing homework; no I was also listening to the radio and I wasn’t just listening to the radio, I…

Understanding a misunderstood Protestant tradition. — What comes to mind when I use the word piety or pious? I’m guessing you are thinking of a person who is outwardly religious and believes they are better than anyone else around them. For people of a certain age, it might be Dana Carvey’s Church Lady. …

We can travel on planes and trains without wearing masks. It’s a scary but necessary step in the world of COVID. — Last fall, I took a plane for the first time since the COVID pandemic began in March 2020. My husband I and were flying from Minneapolis to Reagan National in DC to attend a wedding. Traveling by plane meant we had to wear masks in the airport and on the…