Schools are not and should not be apolitical.

“Schools should be apolitical.” I hear this a lot. Most recently, this has come up because Louisiana’s governor has signed a law that requires schools place the Ten Commandments in schools. Last year and the year before, it was the Moms for Liberty trying to ban books based on their religious hopes for indoctrinating your … More Schools are not and should not be apolitical.

More boiled water notices or clean drinking water?

The people of west Ferguson Township have faced water hardships for years. As this Spotlight PA story shows, the local water company, Rock Springs, has been running with low water pressure, frequent outages & boil water notices, crumbling pipes, and an inordinately high leak rate that violates the law. Despite regular complaints, attempts at discussions … More More boiled water notices or clean drinking water?

Final letter to an enemy of American democracy

Pastor E,

You have told me many times that your religion is not politics and my politics are a religion. You are concerned with more eternal things, the teachings and words of Christ, and the end of abortion. For some time, I took these statements seriously, considering each of them a worthwhile proposition. As you know, I temporarily curtailed my own behavior, in part as a response to what you’d said. Having soberly thought about your behavior, though, and the behavior of many pastors in the Evangelical church, your collective flock’s behavior, and their unwavering support for the Make America Great Again movement, I have concluded that the Evangelical Church has become so fixated on power that it has subordinated everything to a single end—a Christian nation made its own warped image. … More Final letter to an enemy of American democracy