Christianity

Good Friday, 2026

It’s Friday… But Sunday’s Comin’ The sky darkened over Golgotha as the weight of the world pressed down on a single wooden cross. Nails had pierced hands and feet. Blood and sweat mingled with dust. A crown of thorns pressed into a brow that once rested in a manger. On this solemn day we call Good Friday, we stand in the quiet ache of Jesus’ crucifixion—the brutal culmination of His Passion. The air feels heavy. The silence, deafening. And yet, even in the deepest shadow, a whisper carries forward: It is finished. The Weight of the Cross Picture the scenes the…

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Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday The evening shadows lengthened over Jerusalem as Jesus gathered His twelve in that upper room. The air carried the scent of roasted lamb and bitter herbs—the Passover meal they had shared so many times before. But this night was different. This was no ordinary Seder. On what we now call Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday, the Lord of all creation stooped low, breaking bread and pouring wine in ways that would echo through the centuries. It was the night love took on flesh in humble service… and the night the shadow of betrayal began to fall. “Maundy” comes from…

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Fisking French

David French’s “MAGA” Smear Proves He Doesn’t Know Texas A 25-year Texas politico reads the latest New York Times lecture on Christian character — and finds the same old outsider blind spot. I’ve been active in Texas politics for more than a quarter century — knocking on doors, phone banking, running precincts, serving as a Presiding Election Judge, and watching this state transform from a purple battleground into the solid red powerhouse that keeps delivering Republican supermajorities. So when David French, the Connecticut-based New York Times columnist, parachutes in with his Sunday piece “James Talarico Is a Christian X-Ray,” I recognize…

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Shepherding Order

From Empathy to Exploitation: The Cycles of Weakness and Renewal In a past that is now lost forever, There was a time when the land was sacred, And the Ancient Ones were as one with it. A time when only the children of the Great Spirit were here To light their fires in these places with no boundaries. When the forests were as thick as the fur of the winter bear, When a warrior could walk from horizon to horizon on the backs of the buffalo. When the deserts were in bloom, and the streams pure as freshly fallen snow. In…

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Shepherding the Vulnerable

Lessons from Renee Good's Tragic End In the raw aftermath of tragedy, we often reach for simple narratives-heroes and villains, victims and oppressors. But sometimes, the truth demands we look deeper, into the fragile spaces where human weakness meets manipulative forces. Kira Davis's Substack essay, "The Face of Renee Good, and What It Taught Me" (published January 13, 2026), did that for me. It sharpened my focus on Renee Nicole Good not as a martyr or a monster, but as a stark embodiment of the weak-a woman whose life and death expose the dangers of unbreakable ideological filters, the predation of…

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Quid Est Veritas?

Truth as a First Principle Foreword In the annals of human inquiry, truth stands as the unyielding foundation upon which reason, morality, and existence itself are built. As a first principle, truth is not merely a concept to be regarded or debated; it is the bedrock of rational thought, the self-evident axiom from which all coherent discourse emerges. Without truth, arguments dissolve into absurdity, knowledge becomes illusory, and the moral fabric of society frays. This synthesizes a profound discussion on this theme, drawing upon three enduring pillars: Merlin's solemn warning from the film Excalibur, J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic narrative in The Lord…

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Revival in the Land

America's Path to Revival in the Wake of Evil On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a midday speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The event, part of his "American Comeback" tour organized by Turning Point USA, drew about 3,000 attendees to an outdoor courtyard when a sniper’s bullet struck Kirk in the neck from approximately 150 yards away. Vigils now light up across the country, with leaders like Utah Gov. Spencer Cox properly calling it a "political assassination" demanding a national turning point, while Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemned it as a…

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A Biblical Case for New Christian Zionism

Defending Israel’s Role Without Dispensationalism   As Christians navigate the complex intersection of theology and geopolitics, few topics spark as much debate as Zionism-the belief in the Jewish people’s right to a homeland in the land of Israel. Gerald McDermott’s article in The Federalist (July 15, 2025) offers a compelling thesis: Christians can support Zionism without adhering to dispensationalist theology, a framework often associated with end-times scenarios like the rapture. McDermott’s New Christian Zionism proposes a biblically grounded perspective that affirms Israel’s ongoing role in God’s redemptive plan, rooted in a plain reading of Scripture rather than apocalyptic speculation. This thought…

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