Zach Lahn framed his remarks around defending Iowa's culture, saying the Church has been the bulwark against what Democrats are asking for: more protections for minorities, more social programs, and taxing folks to pay for them.

As I grew older and my roots in the Christian faith deepened into Church leadership, I realized that the fleet and the Gospel have been in a long conversation all along.

One of my favorite professors gave me a piece of advice that stayed with me: He told me never to raise a word against Buddhism until I had actually read and understood its Scripture. I took that challenge to heart. After reading those texts, I never found a reason to speak against them.

Courts have not fully educated themselves on the reality of dementia, that the man they’re executing is no longer the man who committed the crime.

I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.

Standing behind him, in spirit if not on stage, were his warped “faith advisers”—Evangelical extremists who treat the Book of Revelation like a war manual.

My ancestors were told that their gods, their rituals, their ways of relating to the land were evil—and they were punished for honoring them.

Two of my favorite paintings are by Carl Bloch and Frans Schwartz of the same subject.