Month: April 2026

It’s quiet as well as beautiful. The only sound is a slight wind occasionally blowing across the marsh as the day grows longer. Everything here is about the nature of the land and the tidal reach of the ocean beyond the horizon. No one drives by, there are no people or the usual hum of…

Last Sunday I argued that mainline Protestant churches and clergy should speak out against the abuse of Christianity by Trump and his supporters. I urged that Protestant leaders should join Pope Leo in challenging the president’s corruption of Christian principles. My criticism extends to local churches for what I perceive as their reluctance to address…

This weekend two stories in the news caught my attention. The first was Peggy Noonan’s column in The Wall Street Journal* and the second was David French’s column in The New York Times.** Both addressed Trump’s corruption of religion to bolster his power and importance. Noonan was her conciliatory and entertaining self while pointedly criticizing…

I am sitting here at the keyboard looking out over the marsh toward Sapelo Island and the horizon. The marsh is the defining feature of this coastal stretch, expansive and alluring in its promise of adventure. I’m at the FishCamp, a rustic cabin near Darien, Georgia, roughly 25 miles north of St. Simons Island. It…

Since the 2024 election, the nation has rushed headlong toward its own destruction under the auspices of a rogue president and a dysfunctional government in Washington. American politics has succumbed to an arteriosclerosis that has polarized the electorate and given rise to a political class intent on keeping power at any cost in its support…