I’m old enough to remember that time, way back in 2018, when Democrats and Republicans worked together. Really, it did happen and resulted in a major, bi-partisan criminal justice reform…
Category: Colson Center
Heading into the Election, What Would You Say About the Tough Issues of 2020?
A year ago, the Colson Center launched an ambitious project that would equip Christians with answers to our culture’s toughest questions, the kind of questions that tend to generate more…
Self-constructed, Build-a-Bear, Buffet-Style Christianity Is No Christianity at All
In a pair of tweets that recently made rounds on social media, a young progressive woman issued her doctrinal creed: “I am a Christian and I believe proselytizing is violence…I…
9/11 and Cultural Memory
John Stonestreet and Shane Morris reflect on the nineteenth anniversary of 9/11. How has 9/11 shaped a generation’s cultural memory? And what events are shaping the cultural memory of today’s…
International Panel Warns Us to Tap the Brakes on Gene Editing, but That Won’t Stop Us
While natural disasters are mostly, by definition, unavoidable, we can often take basic steps to mitigate damage, such as not building in flood zones or on top of major fault…
Trafficking Children
In just the past two months, authorities in Michigan, Ohio and Georgia rescued 58 children, ranging in age from three to 17, who were either missing or were victims of…
Questions about Conspiracy Theories and Eschatology
John Stonestreet and Shane Morris tackle a couple of tough questions today on the BreakPoint Podcast. Responding to our recent commentary on QAnon and conspiracy theories, one reader asks what’s…
Disney’s Mulan and the Backdrop of Genocide
Disney’s newest live-action movie “Mulan” was released Friday. So far, reviews have ranged from mostly positive to absolutely glowing: “an exciting, well-crafted action movie,” a “robust” and “family-friendly, live-action Disney…
Tik Tok Mocks Those With Disabilities, One Woman Responds with Faith and Dignity
Imagine logging onto social media and discovering that your picture was being used to scare young children. Not by cruel teenagers, mind you…by adults. That happened recently to Lizzie Velasquez.…
Jonathan Edwards and the Call to Prayer
Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel observed that the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Hopelessness, like so many of us feel amidst this perfect storm of…