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Vice

By: Marvin Lindsay

"A parishioner shared with me an Axios article by Jim Vande Hei and Mike Allen about America’s moral rot. “Once forbidden vices” are now “ubiquitous, digital, and spreading at a pace that has outstripped the country’s social and regulatory guardrails,” they write. Weed, gambling, and porn are the authors’ focus."


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The Green Eyed monster in our backyard

By: Marvin Lindsay

"Exciting things are happening in our back yard. Milkweed is sprouting in our wildflower garden. The first hummingbird of the season visited our coral honeysuckle vine."






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Just Wars and This War

By: Marvin Lindsay

"We woke up Saturday morning to discover that we are at war with Iran. How should Christians think about this turn of events? Over time, theologians developed criteria to determine whether a war was just or unjust:..."






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Lengthening Days, Stretching Faith: The Meaning of Lent

By: Marvin Lindsay



“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot, but this February is giving April a run for its money. January’s snow and ice held on for weeks, and no sooner had it finally melted than a blizzard dumped a new foot of frozen stuff on us. But in defense of Febru...

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Thrills, Agony, and Calling at the Olympics

By: Marvin Lindsay


Before there was streaming, and before there was cable TV, there was ABC’s Wide World of Sports. If you wanted to watch athletes in lower profile events such as power lifting or skiing, you tuned into Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons. Each week the show began...




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The Most Fraught Holiday

By: marvin lindsay



While driving the other day, I heard WIP’s Hugh Douglas issue a warning to any women listening to his show: if your man wants to take you out for Valentine’s Day on Friday or Sunday, you aren’t his main event this weekend! Douglas then chuckled to himself as if ...

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The Bible and Immigration

by: marvin lindsay



Religion has taken center stage in the debate over immigration enforcement. Earlier this week, a reporter asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to respond criticisms that Pope Leo XIV made of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. You can watch Pope Leo’...