Too often we evaluate love, even God’s perfect love, by measure how we perceive the love of others.

Women today can look to the defiant Old Testament women as inspirations for holy resistance in the face of oppression.

Progressive streamer Hasan Piker's recent detention by CBP at the Chicago airport has generated widespread outrage — and rightfully so. No US citizen should be interrogated about their political beliefs when re-entering their own country. But while CBP's behavior was egregious, Piker's response was potentially even more dangerous: he chose to engage in a two-hour conversation with federal agents without a lawyer present, streaming about it afterward as if this were just more content for his millions of followers.

Or, the need for a re-formation of fantasy

By Karen Smith, whose artistry can be found here.

I’m drawn to Isaiah’s words of comfort during the Los Angeles fires – a time of disruption and instability.

Millions are turning to RedNote, a Chinese social media app, as its resemblance to TikTok appeals to users. But dig a little deeper, and the reality becomes far more insidious.

I was recently watching Gavin Ortland's "Are Catholics Christians? Why Protestants Can Say Yes." Setting aside the point of his video, and even (mostly) his ministry and conclusions, there was something he said that really resonated with me. …let's conduct our disagreement going forward in a way that honors Christ where we contend for the truth, and we do so in love. Gavin Ortland Contend for the truth…in love. It seems so simple. Orland acknowledges that he falls short, as do we all. I'm part of a number of groups and people that stretch, shall we say, me.

"My only real regret, is not having achieved what I said I wanted to—ending the abuses of Scientology." —Mike Rinder I know little of Rinder, but what I read echoes the Deconstructionists/Recontructionists of Christianity.