The View from This Seat

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a denomination I have known about since I was a boy in Worth County, MO. One of the thr...

Jim Yong Kim may not be a household name, but he is a man worth knowing about. On April 16 he was elected to a five-year term as pres...

Hilary Rosen (b. 1958) Last week’s “Mommy Wars” was the latest of the political skirmishes in the U.S. They were ignited by respons...

April 15, 1912: if you have been paying attention to the media at all, you recognize that as the date that Titanic , the majestic ocean line...

Another Easter Sunday has come and gone, but the debate about the factuality of Jesus’ resurrection continues to be pondered and debated,...

It is time for a change of pace, to use an apt baseball expression. Most of my blog postings are on matters that are serious, important, and...

How, or why, can some good “mainstream” Christian organizations be labeled hate groups? That was one of the main questions raised in re...