There is a conversation that happens in faith communities all over America, in fellowship halls and pastoral offices and parking lots after services, that almost never gets said out loud. It is the conversation about the household where something is wrong. Where the…
Apr
22
Betting against the ones you love What the odds of gun ownership reveal about what we hold sacred
Americans love a bet. We wager over a trillion dollars a year on sports alone — not because we don’t understand odds, but because we believe, in that electric moment before the game, that we just might be the exception. The underdog wins.…
Apr
15
What Would Luther Do?
A practical, realistic, doable response to the few who divide the many. Luther was not an idealist. He was famously, almost stubbornly, realistic about human nature. He did not believe the world could be perfected. He believed it could be tended — the way a…
“Securing our homes is an ancient responsibility updated for modern times.” When we say that gun violence prevention starts at home, the most practical and immediate action we can take is the implementation of Safe Storage. To “ENGAGE” with this issue in the…