“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” -Jn 14:27 During the course of my 47 years, persistent anxiety has been one of the things with which I’ve wrestled the most. From childhood, I found myself anxious in situations where it seemed most other people were not. I knew that this was [ Read More ]
During the modern age, the average shelf life of national constitutions globally has been 17 years, according to legal scholars at the University of Chicago. And yet, the United States has lived under the same constitution for nearly 250 years, the longest stretch of any nation on Earth. Why has our nation been able to [ Read More ]
Electing a president is a decision of great consequence. Every four years, the American people face the task of determining our nation’s leader. The process is always difficult. But this year that difficulty is compounded by the fact that the nominees of both major political parties are historically unpopular. As a result, many citizens are [ Read More ]