This is a screenshot from a podcast with the guest pastor who spoke at a megachurch in central Indiana the other week. He is brandishing an axe, stating that he holds this while he prays for people as he “prays in battle against spiritual warfare.” “Christianity is war,” he exclaimed. I was stunned to see this image. A weapon. Held while praying. I felt nauseated by this. I listened to the excerpt from the podcast a dozen times to make...

Every day, there is another jarring headline about the economy, war, immigration, loss of funding for essential services, corruption, racism, desecration of historic sites, catastrophic weather events, political divisiveness, shocking Supreme Court decisions, threats to election integrity, disease outbreaks, and AI’s threats to humanity. Every day, we are blasted with news that drops our jaws. Every day, we think it can’t get worse, but then it does. I find myself going through these days in various states of shock, anger,...