Evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil

Less than a week after 9/11, George W. Bush spoke at the Islamic Center of Washington DC. Rather than stoking our worst fears, he defended what were in that moment our most vulnerable citizens. He spoke of real evil without…

The humble exalted

In Luke’s version of the Christmas story, this is what Mary says when asked about her situation:

“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me…

Hope and kindness don’t speak for themselves

I’ve spent my entire career as a marketing writer. But, aside from some movie reviews when I was just out of college, I’ve never published anything that was written in my own voice or spoke my own views.

Roy Moore is very much not the only choice

I’ve spent the year encouraging my progressive and Democrat friends, reminding them that politics is theirs. They are the party. They are the voters. They have more power than they can imagine.