
Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust
Journalist, historian, and host Garrett Graff has made our country’s gun fixation the focus of the third season of his celebrated podcast, Long Shadow.
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Journalist, historian, and host Garrett Graff has made our country’s gun fixation the focus of the third season of his celebrated podcast, Long Shadow.

I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found an empty tomb after the Resurrection.

“I think God is remarkably patient—and has a great sense of humor,” Sister Barb says.

The blessing of clean and abundant water is one that many of us take for granted.

Everything we have is a gift from God. No one can control what’s most important. We often receive far more than we deserve.

All around the world people are looking for meaning and finding it in strange, even destructive places.

In her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte provides a different perspective on that thinking. She writes: “Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

What do we do when there are many good options or only bad ones? We turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance.

In verse 8 of Psalm 139, we read, “If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, there you are.” We cannot escape from God’s presence.

The word “Juneteenth” is a combination of the month of June and the 19th, which is the day in 1865 when the Union Army established full authority over the state of Texas.