The Trump administration is terminating the federal government’s annual report on food insecurity in America, saying it had become “redundant, costly and politicized” and noting that “extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.”
As I recall, President Trump in his first term in the midst of surging hospitalizations and deaths from the COVID 19 epidemic, questioned the need to report these hospitalizations and deaths since the reports kept the gravity of the epidemic in the spotlight. He hazarded that with a cession of these reports the epidemic would disappear. If the hospitalizations and deaths went unreported, there would be no problem, much less a serious one. It appears the same kind of thinking lies behind the cancellation of the annual USDA hunger report. Food insecurity will, however, continue to plague the United States with rising food prices, unharvested crops, food shortages, increased unemployment, and cuts to SNAP, even if the Trump administration turns a blind eye to it. It will not go away if it is ignored!Opinion: Trump is breaking his most important promises and keeping the worst
When President Trump was sworn into office for his second term, he made a lot of promises to the American people. He has broken many of them.
Donald Trump’s Corruption of the Law Is Destroying American Democracy
Donald Trump lies about virtually everything except for one topic: his unrelenting hatred of his political foes. He’s willing to indulge this rage even at the most inappropriate moments—say, a nationally televised funeral service supposedly based on Christian faith and healing.
‘We are on the side of God,’ Stephen Miller says
Enemies of the MAGA movement “have nothing,” Stephen Miller said at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Sunday morning. But conservatives, on the other hand, “are on the side of God.”
Miller, who has been called the mastermind behind the most controversial actions of the Trump administrations past and present — including family separation and the deportation of legal immigrants — was among a host of speakers at the five-hour political rally memorializing Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA.
Anglican Communion entering a 'crucial' period, says Gafcon leader ahead of Nigeria meeting
The Most Reverend Dr Laurent Mbanda, Chairman of the Gafcon Primates Council, has called on all “orthodox” bishops within the Anglican Communion to join a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria in early March next year.
Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church
The common assumption is that theology belongs in the schoolroom, not the sanctuary—hence the relative lack of concern about the epidemic of seminary closures—but Kevin J. Vanhoozer begs to differ.
Medievalism Isn’t the Answer to Modernity
It’s hard not to feel that the world order is changing and that the West is in terminal decline, undermined by liberal progressivism within and revanchist imperial nationalism without. Are we witnessing the death of Western civilization?
Jamie Franklin, a high-church Anglican vicar in England, certainly thinks so. In The Great Return: Why Only a Restoration of Christianity Can Save Western Civilization, he argues that the only answer to cultural decline is a widespread return to a Christian society of a medieval flavor.
Reconsidering the Articles of Religion: The Contemporary Value of the Articles of Religion
Over the course of my consideration of the Articles of Religion as a confession thus far, I’ve made two arguments: that the Articles of Religion are best understood as a broadly Reformed statement of faith, and that for most of the history of ‘Anglicanism’ as an independent form of Christianity, they have functioned as our confession. Both of these are essentially descriptive claims, about what the Articles are and about the most plausible reading of Anglican history. Now, in the final part of this piece, I want to move onto a more normative claim: we should retrieve the Articles as our confession of faith for contemporary Anglicanism....
AI in the Pulpit: How Pastors Can Use It Without Losing Their Souls
Technology has always reshaped the way God’s people gather and communicate His Word. From the invention of the printing press to the rise of radio and television, each new medium has raised questions about how faith can be faithfully shared. Today, church leaders face a new frontier: the rise of artificial intelligence. AI in the pulpit can be both a gift and a challenge, offering efficiency and creativity while raising questions of integrity, authenticity, and spiritual depth.
What’s So Intimidating About the Bible?
"What makes the Bible so intimidating? Here are some of the things that were running through my mind as I furtively examined Bibles, alone in the bookstore...," writes Rebekah Matt.
Understanding Your Hindu Neighbor
If you are a follower of Jesus living in the U.S., you probably cross paths with someone who identifies as Hindu. You may want to take steps of genuine friendship toward them but feel unsure how to do so. You may also want to share the good news of Jesus but worry about offending anyone because of what seem to be substantial cultural and religious differences.
How do you navigate these differences to move from crossing paths to experiencing deeper friendship with Hindu neighbors?
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