Tag Archives: Politics

Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stuckey – Book Review

Allie Beth Stuckey’s “Toxic Empathy” critiques how progressive activists exploit Christian compassion to manipulate beliefs on contentious issues like abortion, gender, and immigration. She argues that true empathy must align with biblical love, warning against the dangers of emotional slogans that bypass critical moral inquiry. The book encourages discernment and genuine compassion among Christians.

The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory – Book Review

The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory by Tim Alberta, a book with an idea worth talking about, but which is held back by the author’s own prejudices and biases.

You Represent the Middle, and You’re Not Alone

Extremes sell. Conflict sells. Division creates interest. When I studied English Literature at the University of Oklahoma, we learned a lot about the movements of a story. The story arc creates a good story, by not neglecting some essential elements: Late last year, I started writing my first novel. It caused me to remember someContinue reading “You Represent the Middle, and You’re Not Alone”

Increased Tribalism is Not the Answer

Red vs Blue.
Divisions by race, gender, education, or vaccination status. Are you in my tribe, or are you against me. This is no way to live.

A Call to Action, Not Activism

Our world is filled with calls to action. Many people seem to have the perfect idea of how to solve all the world’s problems. We are called to change for social and racial injustice. We are called to change to prevent a climate catastrophe. What many of these calls have in common is they seek to generalize the problem in order to bring the problem into the lives of everyone. These problems are something we should all care about.

Distracted, Divided, Dependent

Someone wants you distracted. Someone wants you divided. Someone wants you dependent. You have a choice.