Sightings Articles
Epiphanies Of Power and/or Goodness
The epiphany of this January is at root about the profound need to civilize the nation.
January 12, 2022
The Revolutionary Joy of Desmond Tutu
There is a danger in softening Tutu’s legacy, but we make the same mistake in the opposite direction if we forget his contagious, all-embracing joy.
January 6, 2022
The Power of Belief in Conspiracy Theories
People who subscribe to QAnon maintain that Donald Trump remains the “true” president... why would anyone believe this?
December 17, 2021
Christian Apocalypse in Pandemic-Stricken South Korea
Christianity in South Korea will never be the same post-pandemic.
December 9, 2021
Extremism and Defense of Democracy
If we focus on policing acceptable political ideas via the state, we do more to undermine democracy than to secure it.
December 2, 2021
Fahrenheit 451 Redux: Free Thinking in the Present?
Enough with champions of the right and the left, the book burners and those of cancel culture: the present moment calls for a few more firemen like Ray Bradbury.
November 18, 2021
Liberalism’s Faith
On Maggie Nelson, the free exchange of ideas that fundamentalists fear, and the faith that must ground any tenable liberalism
November 11, 2021
The Irony of Facebook
Ironically, social media sites draw upon our natural desire to have friends but they can make it more difficult to truly connect.
November 4, 2021
We Are Building Up A New World
Critical Race Theory’s Progressive Vision vs the Southern Baptist Convention’s Regressive Politics
October 28, 2021
On Prophetic Rage
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a prophetic rage that rejected the status quo and strove for a just and loving community: we should too.