Faith on View

A song for the poor

My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me …

Legacy Museum bronze sculptures depicting chained men, women and children.

When I was in Junior High School, I had a history teacher tell me during a class lecture on the Civil War era, that black slaves were “cared for and treated as family.” I …

No, I’m not talking about those pilgrims. Though the thought does raise the question of whether William Bradford would have created the Plymouth Plantation Podcast had such wizardry existed in his time. I’m using the …

Being in a position of power gives you all the tools you need to be Antichrist. All you have to do is lean in. So says the Devil incarnate in so many words during a …

The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought our collective worlds to a screeching halt, and now the world that is emerging looks very different as all of us learn to navigate new realities. While many clamor for …

Pandemics have stressed the fabric of human social structures throughout the course of history. Times of rampant sickness with their associated physical, mental, social, and spiritual tolls strip away the veneer of human societies to …

A painting of the naked biblical Job in a self comforting position with arms around himself.

I stand in front of the priest, waiting. Grinding a thumb into a container full of black dust, she reaches up and makes two marks on my head, one down, the other over. “Remember you …

*The Polls are at the end of this article.* On December 19th, my birthday, Christianity Today , one of the flagship evangelical magazines, published an editorial “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” by Mark Galli, CT’s …

An art installation hanging in front of the Rose Window at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

What do I believe? That is one of the most important questions a person can wrestle with. Unfortunately, far too many people do far too little wrestling with such questions. In Christian circles, this becomes …

shown is an illustration of Joseph running from Potiphar's wife

I’m a terrible blogger. As near as I can tell, one of the keys to blogging is having an opinion on every hot-button issue and making it known. I certainly have an opinion when it …