Some Good in This World
A letter to The Table Church after the midterms. The past two years have been hard on the world, hard on this country, and hard on Washington in particular. But there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
A letter to The Table Church after the midterms. The past two years have been hard on the world, hard on this country, and hard on Washington in particular. But there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
Crimes were committed. The Constitution was ignored. Over and over again, judges told the Trump administration that what it was doing was illegal. There must be consequences.
A majority of white evangelical Protestants (54%) believe empathy can become dangerous. But the people who think empathy is dangerous are the ones who have abandoned God's truth.
Jesus calls his disciples first to a way of life. The way we live shapes what we believe, and when we get the order wrong, things go bad.
A stranger on Threads tried to prove the Bible condemns premarital sex with a Google AI Overview. The Greek says otherwise.
"Let go and let God" is a good way to end up on the bottom of the sea. In Exodus 14, the passive reading survives for only one verse.
The text never says God killed them. What killed Ananias and Sapphira is stranger — and closer to home — than a smiting.
Review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026)
The lectionary hands us the seven woes this week. Read next to a yard full of “convicted felon” bumper stickers and “Jesus is Lord” signs, they land on American white Christian nationalism.
Jesus flipped tables exactly once. He didn't build a brand around it. So why have so many Christians made righteous anger their entire personality?
Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart