As we mourn the ongoing corruption of Christianity at the hands of white evangelicals and their demonic pursuit of power, remember every empire from Rome to America requires a legitimizing narrative (American Exceptionalism) and a legitimizing religion (White Evangelicalism) to sanction its activity and existence.

Old places have always beckoned me to enter. Maybe it’s the historian in me. I love the past more than I appreciate the present. Old places make us better humans. They hold our memories; they connect us to the people who came before us, and they serve as meeting points between what was and what is to come.

I stopped talking about politics and religion with my family because I believed it was the only way we could remain in a relationship. I’m now questioning that decision. Without talking about hard things, people never change. Without confronting lies, people remain programmed. Intervention is difficult, but it is necessary.

The Supreme Court just gave Donald Trump immunity for being Donald Trump. But, who is he? Better yet, WHY is he?

Was America ever a Christian country? If you or someone you love continues to labor under the illusion that America is a Christian nation, here are three realities that debunk the myth that America was and should become once again a Christian nation.

Is America a Christian nation? Was it ever? Should it be? Should Christians have power over culture, and what has happened to the marginalized when we were in power?