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Michael Smith is a professor at Emporia State University. Courtesy photo.

We liberal Christians are used to being overlooked. I was reminded of this the other day while discussing religion and politics with an otherwise smart, worldl

Jesus' nature miracles do not break nature's laws. Rather, they break into nature's processes from God's eschatological new creation. All Jesus miracles draw on the power of God's eschatological promise to transform this creation into the kingdom of God. Jesus' nataure miracles break into nature's laws

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When my father was in his mid-70s, he remarked, “I go to too damn many funerals.”

Hartford Selectboard should take a page from the ScoutsI am writing in response to “In Hartford, Don’t Take It Personal” (Page C1, April 2). I am a Scout in Hanover Troop 45. In the Valley News editorial, the author explains how the Selectboard acts...

A recent editorial cartoon by John Darkow (Columbia Missourian) pictures Jesus speaking to a crowd. One bystander says to another, “He seems too woke for me.” At the heart of wokeness is compassion. And compassion, writes Christian scholar Marcus...

The necessity of confronting woundedness and recovering passion.

In making Christmas the most magical time of the year, it feels like our sad, post-Christian culture is clinging, like a lost child with a tattered teddy bear, to some sort of nostalgic longing for the supernatural.