by Kimberly Stover | Feb 15, 2017 | Deconstruction, Politics and Activism, Theological Debates
In his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America, Randall Balmer cites Billy Graham’s concern about a marriage between the political right and religious fundamentalism. Billy Graham warned, “I don’t want to see religious...
by Kimberly Stover | Feb 9, 2017 | Archives
Like millions of human beings around the world, I am struggling to understand the political and spiritual climate in the United States and globally. The world seems to be very polarized, divided, and many completely lack empathy. We can pretend that the divide...
by Kimberly Stover | Feb 5, 2017 | Archives
I was taught at a very young age, as long as I can remember, what the “good news” was. In fundamental Christianity, it is a central concept in which all others branch from. This “good news” is indoctrinated in us, and we are told to go out into...
by Kimberly Stover | Jan 25, 2017 | Archives
As we approach the end of week one of the Trump presidency, yesterday was the most unsettling yet. The silencing or “gag order” of several agencies from communicating with the public, the executive orders to progress with the Keystone and Dakota pipelines,...
by Kimberly Stover | Jan 18, 2017 | Archives
As I awoke from my depressed slumber from the late eve of election night, I immediately checked my phone for the results. There it was. Donald Trump had won the presidential election of The United States of America. Tears started to well, and body temperature began to...