One of the salutary features of federalism is that different states can govern themselves differently, making them, in the words of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, “laboratories” of democracy, free to “try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” Examples of this abound. For example, Nebraska alone has a unicameral legislature. Some states...

　　A Prayer for Choosing to Believe God Is Good 　　By Brooke McGlothlin 　　“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28 　　An absolute bundle of nervous energy, she sat across from me in the small counseling room, trying to wrap her mind...

　　Botswana will hold a national memorial service on Thursday for 45 people who died traveling to an Easter event in South Africa. An eight-year-old girl, Lauryn Siako, was the only survivor after a bus bound for Zion Christian Church crashed through barriers and fell 164 feet down a ledge last week. 　　In the days following the deadly accident, pastors in...

　　The plan in Vallonia, Indiana, involves moon pies. 　　The sun will start to disappear at 1:49 p.m. The wide blue sky that stretches over the cornfields and soybeans along State Route 135 will grow darker and darker, until, after about an hour and 15 minutes, the small farming community of 379 souls will be cast into night. 　　The mooninvisible to...

　　Bump-stock devices, which are firearm accessories that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, are a niche possession. They were used in the mass murder in Las Vegas in 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, and in the wake of that horror, their legality is up for debate. It is easy enough to understand why people with little interest...

　　There is a famous story about Elizabeth Anscombe, which kept drifting into my mind as I read Catherine Ruth Pakaluk’s new book, Hannah’s Children. Anscombe was an Oxford professor, a high-profile analytic philosopher, and also a mother of seven. People sometimes had opinions about that, and the story goes that she came into her classroom one day (pregnant with her...

　　God's Relentless Pursuit 　　Weekly Overview: 　　So often we view God as an enforcer of religious rules. We see the commands of Scripture as a list of to-dos rather than a path leading to abundant life. But those perceptions aren’t the truth of Scripture. Those beliefs are founded on misguided notions of God’s character. God is after the heart. More than...

　　The Department of Education’s 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, warned of the “rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people,” adding that “if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.” 　　If...

　　6 Ways to Better Steward God’s Blessings 　　By: Rebecca Barlow Jordan 　　And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. -2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT 　　Financial worries plague marriages as much as any challenge can. Some couples struggle with juggling skinny bank accounts. For others, the...

　　Celebrate, We Will! 　　By: Chelsey DeMatteis 　　“He must increase, I must decrease.”- John 3:30 　　As we have just walked through the Easter season, looking at Jesus and His life, I find myself so often wondering what it would’ve been like to be there watching his life happen. We read through Scripture and we glimpse into amazing things about Jesus’ life...

　　Weekend, March 30, 2024 　　The Day That Changed Everything 　　“He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.” (Matthew 28:6 NLT) 　　The resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything. It changed a group of disillusioned, discouraged, downhearted disciples into a group of on-fire, passionate preachers who turned their...

　　Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty, a new documentary film produced in connection with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, recounts the history of religious freedom in our country from colonial times until today. Narrated by journalist and historian Richard Brookhiser, the film focuses on six episodes in which minority religious groups fought for their right to practice their...