Anne Snyder: What is the mission of the David Weekley Family Foundation? David Weekley: Our mission revolves around helping the most vulnerable grow and transform into the full human being that they have the capacity to become. Robin Bruce: Yes, we are really...
Seeing Clearly & Deeply
Exodus
Katherine Boyle
When it comes to Silicon Valley, 2020 is not the great reckoning predicted in the book of Revelation, despite the fires, the plagues, and the wailing on Twitter. It is the resignation and determination of Exodus, of a dogged people packing up U-Hauls and fleeing this frontier state to seek an even newer, more eternal world.
In Search of Some Political Humility
Anne Snyder
“Take a breath,” most of us were probably told as kids. “Slow down.” It’s rarely bad advice. In a high-stakes political battle like this week’s presidential election, I found myself grateful for some days of uncertainty, a chance for a hysterical nation to press pause...
Become America
Eric Liu, Michael Gerson
Michael Gerson: Eric, I really enjoyed your timely and important book. One of the most remarkable things about it is its form. I want to start off by asking: Why wrap civic engagement in the form of religion? Eric Liu: First of all, I’m so grateful we’re having this...
Spiritual Practices for Public Leadership
Andy Crouch
Icebergs, famously, have 90 percent of their mass below water. The largest modern cruise ships almost perfectly reverse that ratio, with 88 percent of their height above the waterline. Being a public person—someone who is recognized by people who do not actually know...
Solidarity Means Giving Yourself
Sister Dominic Mary Heath
“I am feeling confused right now about what I want to give my neighbor.” A letter from a friend captured the feelings of many Americans this spring. This was back when “the Head Cheetah” – the only name I’ve heard her use for President Donald Trump that could also be...
What to an Immigrant Is the Third of November?
Dhananjay Jagannathan
A nationalism rooted in values encourages us to be fierce in our opposition to injustices that lie outside our immediate gaze. It tends to foster fellow-feeling beyond the bonds of immediate affinity. It gives us orientation when difficult political questions face us, while also inspiring us to reject the politics of friend and enemy.
Observations of a New Citizen
Irena Dragaš Jansen
As 2020’s contentious election season builds to a climax, a former resident of the Communist eastern bloc, newly an American citizen, reflects on her political journey, one that traces the travails of Christianity’s own courtship of political cynicism.
Wrestling with Sovereignty in a Kairos Year
Amy Julia Becker
In late April, crowds of people gathered at the Pennsylvania statehouse to protest stay-at-home measures taken in response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Parked out front of the capital was the cab of a dark green 18-wheeler with the words “Jesus is my vaccine”...
From Politically Homeless to Political Homemakers
Rachel Anderson
Rather than waiting for the ideal political home, Christians should look for a different type of place in politics—one that works to maintain a social structure within which the diverse members and activities in our society can flourish together.