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How we go on vacation as Christians
Bruce at the pregame festivities before the British Columbia Lions Canadian football team’s home game in Vancouver on July 25.
Nancy and I were on travel July 9–30. If you’d like to know what it’s like to travel for 22 days with a fr...
Blatant corruption starts with small compromises of integrity
The late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (left) with Donald Trump. Many felt that Graham put expediency over principle by changing from a Trump critic to Trump supporter. Source: NBC News.
(I’ve been on travel and unable to post for the...
Art reveals the realities of marijuana
Aisha Brown’s artwork “As Advertised” (2026), part of an exhibit entitled “Hear/Say” and developed by the Colorado School of Public Health’s Colorado Cannabis Education, Research and Policy Project. (Cannabis is the scientific name fo...
Can a European evangelical statement change the world?
This blog post’s main goal is to persuade you to read the July 1 statement by the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), entitled “European Evangelicals in Public Life.” If you are short on time, skip the rest of this post and read the EEA me...
On America's mythical Christian past
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish. —Proverbs 19:9
Today, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday. Commemorative signs refer to “250 years of freedom,” which seems somewhat ironic since ou...
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7 books on religion and politics; long US political career; 10 years with the World Evangelical Alliance, precise journalist with 120-wpm typing speed; committed to serving others at no charge by informing them reliably and keeping them laughing too.
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