First published by Dennis Windigo, December 29, 2025 David Frumโs publication this week โGood Intentions Gone Badโ in The Atlantic wants readers to believe that recognizing Indigenous land rights is an unfortunate mistake โ an ill-timed indulgence that threatens economic growth just when the country needs it most. He writes that the courts are โinventing... Continue Reading →
Holding Onto Emmanuel
A message from the Sabeel community As we celebrate this Christmas season, we give thanks for your gifts of friendship and solidarity with the people of Palestine. Your support, prayers, and commitment to justice and peace sustain us and encourage our work every day. We especially honor those who are willing to take risks to... Continue Reading →
To the Primate, General Secretary, Prolocutor, Council of General Synod, and those whom this may concern:
ย ย ย ย ย [Ken Gray] With many others I was shocked to learn of the termination of the position of National Animator for Youth Ministries a few days ago. While I fully support restructuring initiatives at the national, General Synod level, I am puzzled why the first position to go directly affects the welcoming and support of... Continue Reading →
Heather Cox Richardson, Thomas Paine, and a call to courage
โTyranny, like hell, is not easily conqueredโ HEATHER COX RICHARDSON - December 18, 2025 NOTE: Exclusive language retained โThese are the times that try menโs souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and... Continue Reading →
Christmas politics
From SALT, an Emmy Award winning, not-for-profit production company dedicated to the craft of visual storytelling. The article below was first published here. There can be a gauzy, candlelit coziness to Christmas Eve and Day โ and thatโs all well and good, as far as it goes. Coziness in the midst of December is a fine... Continue Reading →
What could be worse? Don’t ask
Andrew Coyne writes in The Globe and Mail I wish I could say I told you so. A point I have tried to make over the last year or so is that Donald Trump can only get worse: that however corrupt or incompetent or dictatorial or treasonous or insane he may appear at any given... Continue Reading →
The tradition is spent – Time for a new Christianity
By Tim Snyder Tim Snyder in for Sojourners, Mar 13, 2025 As a theologian, I get nervous when reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer becomes all too relevant. Iโm the kind of theologian who would rather not find myself in what some scholars refer to as a Bonhoeffer moment. Let me explain. In the lead up to the... Continue Reading →
“With the grace of moving air” – Wisdom from Anne Lamott
Originally published on Facebook A great friend was visiting from the East Coast last week and we took a walk in rain jackets under a pitiless blue sky. There was not a cloud in sight, although the weather app said there would be soon be rain. You really didnโt know whom to trust these days,... Continue Reading →
Elizabeth May sees hope in the rise of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury
The Anglican MP and Green Party leader connects Sarah Mullallyโs ascent to the power of a progressive Christian Left by Elizabeth May in Broadview Magazine - Dec. 2, 2025 The election of the first woman to serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, heading the global community of Anglicans, is a historic event. Bishop of London... Continue Reading →
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America — A match made in Mordor
Please help spread the word Robert Reich on Substack - Dec 02, 2025 Friends, The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of. Itโs called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech company that may put your most basic freedoms at risk. Palantir gets its name from a device used in... Continue Reading →