Since the 2016 election, many have simply stopped trying to understand those with whom they disagree. But we can discuss politics if we ask fair questions and listen, then listen some more.
Polarization
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Would Jesus eat with Sarah Sanders?
The way Jesus used table fellowship in the Gospels was morally transformative—but by inclusion, not by exclusion.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How can fiction help us during polarized times?
In the wake of my reading The Dark Is Rising, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to try to keep pace with time, not lag behind it as I usually do.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Women hold the keys to making Washington work again.
Do not expect a return to the days when comity could be coaxed with a little (or a lot) of bourbon and branch.