The Winds May Be Changing in Texas—but It’s Not Because the Oil Patch Went Woke
New polling shows Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick in surprisingly tight races.
Are Texas voters suddenly turning blue?
I’m not convinced. Maybe something simpler is happening: politicians who have dominated the state for decades have become better at fighting culture wars than listening to what ordinary Texans are actually worried about.
I Knew the Answer Before I Knew There Was a Question
I knew Israel became a nation in 1948 before I was ten years old. I knew because I was taught that it mattered to biblical prophecy.
Decades later, the story of a Palestinian olive farmer has me reconsidering not Israel’s right to exist, but the theology that taught me whose suffering I was supposed to see and whose cruelty I was supposed to excuse.
Your Dog Isn’t on the Ballot: Why Independent Journalism Matters
The best political journalists are not trying to defeat candidates.
They are trying to keep unsupported claims, convenient contradictions and political propaganda from reaching the public unchallenged.
When Skepticism Picks a Favorite
The tragic shooting of Johan Sebastián Guerrero prompted difficult questions about transparency and accountability. But it also led me to ask a larger question: Why do so many people who once distrusted government now seem willing to trust it when their preferred leader is in charge?
When Deportation Needs a Villain
Daniel Adongo may have been legally removable. But why did ICE also need to portray the former NFL player as a dangerous menace whose deportation made America safer?
When your actions are based on lies, you never have enough lies to explain away your actions.
The Questions We Stop Asking
Watching The Godfather reminded me that our lives may be shaped less by the answers we defend than by the questions we continue to ask.
Growth begins when we refuse to let curiosity die.
Still Not Your Formula
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post called Not Your Formula: What a “Personal Relationship with Jesus” Really Means. Looking back, I still believe every word of it. … Continue reading
The Broadcasters Didn’t Lose the Games: What Boston College Got Wrong
Boston College replaced two longtime basketball broadcasters after a losing season, reportedly because its new coach viewed them as remnants of the previous program. The decision misunderstands broadcasting, institutional memory, and leadership.
This one won’t resonate with most, but it’s personal to me…and I hope it resonates with my friends who’ve dedicated themselves to sports broadcasting.
You Can’t Claim Scripture and Cherry-Pick It Too
When Paul is wielded to demand lifelong celibacy from LGBTQ people but quietly shelved when his teachings about singleness become personally inconvenient, something important gets revealed — not about scripture, but about how it’s being used.
This post is about the pattern I keep seeing in evangelical spaces: the moment you name the inconsistency, you stop being a truth-seeker and start being a threat.
That’s not discernment. It’s deflection. And it’s one of my deepest tensions with American Christianity today.
Songs in the Key of Me: The Way It Is
Some songs become memories. Others become companions.
Why Bruce Hornsby’s The Way It Is has stayed with me for nearly forty years—and the question it never stopped asking.
Randomly Rudimentary Life Stuff 