This piece originally appeared on the Website for Wayhouse Media on June 2, 2020. Matt Allbritton, the owner of Wayhouse, has joined the contributing authors at Faith on View. Essays previously published by Wayhouse Media …
Despondent. That word best captures my feelings in the aftermath of the 2024 Presidential election. Like millions of Americans, I cast my vote enthusiastically for Kamala Harris, believing in her vision of leadership and hope. …
In a recent online exchange, I posted a photo of an icon that showed the Virgin Mary with a breast partially uncovered. While some of the discussion centered around the ever-weary topic of modesty, another …
How to Listen, Empathize, and Love Well Doubts are seldom allowed in the church. There’s an unspoken agreement that we’ll keep such thoughts to ourselves — that we won’t sully an otherwise pleasant Sunday morning, …
The question of whether the United States is a “Christian nation” often resurfaces, especially around election time. For Christians, an illuminating perspective can be found in the New Testament. In Luke 4, when Jesus is …
In his seminal essay The Subjection of Women, John Stuart Mill passionately argues for the equality of women, challenging the norms of Victorian society. His essay provides a moral and philosophical foundation for my belief …
On the Louisiana College campus, there’s a carillon at the top of the central historic building that plays awful bell arrangements of traditional evangelical hymns at certain times during the day. When I was a …
Some of my earliest memories are filled with images of Pentecostal worship—from both above and beneath the pews, as I often slept under them during worship services. For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed preferred …
I was introduced to Christian nationalism in subtle ways throughout my early years. I never gave a second thought to the overt display of the American flag alongside the Christian flag during Vacation Bible School …
To me, one of the most fascinating exchanges in the Bible is between the Apostle Paul and Governor Felix in Acts 24. It comes after Paul has been arrested in Jerusalem for sedition, rebellion, and …