Category: The Political Conversation
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A Christmas Lament
While I sit relaxing this evening in the quiet comfort of my living room, mesmerized by the twinkling of lights on the tree and the warm glow they cast throughout the room, there’s a deep sense of gratitude that wraps around me like the wool blanket I break out on the first chilly night of…
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Pro-Life Advocates Vote Trump — or Not?
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States and recently excommunicated by Pope Francis for questioning Francis’ legitimacy as Pope, has been a champion to conservative Catholics for his work uncovering and making public the questionable goings-on concerning Catholic leadership. Now, Viganò has written a full-throat endorsement of Donald Trump in…
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Should Christians Vote? Pursuing Discipleship and Civic Duty
There’s talk that millions of church-going Christians are sitting out this 2024 presidential election and not voting, even for local candidates and issues, apparently. I understand their predicament. “Seek first the Kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33) is a statement of Jesus’ that Christians apply to the whole of their lives, as they should, including the…