Act of God: why does God get blamed but rarely thanked?
As the pandemic matures, watch for a wave of lawsuits. From business deals that didn’t go through to hospitals that didn’t accommodate scheduled surgeries to every other institution, business or entity whose failure to live up to their side of a contract resulted in injury – perceived or otherwise – to someone else is going…
Read MoreMother Nature, scientism, Creation care, COVID19 and the question of how now we shall live
April 22, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. There was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in California. As earthquakes go, that’s relatively minor. But it lead to a flurry of social media posts about “angering Mother Nature,” how Mother Nature was being provoked by human “assaults upon her” and myriad other references to the…
Read MoreH.O.P.E. for those in S.O.S. distress
People are distress and some of them are acknowledging their distress with cries of S.O.S. (Save Our Souls). Time is ripe for sharing the Good News of the Gospel. This is the day to Help Others Perceive Eternally. Today is the day for Christ’s people to serve as living demonstrations of hope, secure. But how…
Read MoreWhy pray in the midst of this?
I offered to pray for a mom who was angry and frustrated and grieving in the midst of more than she can bear. To be clear, I had done what I could and connected her with resources in our community in addition to offering to pray but the offer to pray is what provokes this…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Marvin Olasky: Reforming Journalism
Marvin Olasky has a PhD from the University of Michigan. He’s the editor in chief of WORLD magazine and holds the distinguished chair in journalism and public policy at Patrick Henry College. Many of us know him from his writings and blogs. Many of us know him as well from his books. He recently joined…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview: Os Guinness on Carpe Diem Redeemed
What does it mean to seize the day as a Christian? How do we embrace a biblical view of time and our place in it as it relates to the culture we are living in? Os Guinness again joined Carmen recently to discuss his latest book: Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times.…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Adam Carrington: The Big and Small “C” Constitution
Have you ever wanted to just sit down and ask a college professor to help you think through what you’re hearing in the headlines? Adam Carrington is a professor at Hillsdale College. He’s an expert on U.S. politics and the Supreme Court. He joins Carmen regularly on Mornings with Carmen. Recently Carmen got him talking…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Wayne Pederson: A Conversation with Royalty
If you were given the opportunity of an audience with the leadership of another country, would you be prepared to bear witness to the Gospel? Wayne Pederson recently joined Carmen to share about his trip to meet with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia that took place on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy.…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Don Everts: The Reluctant Witness
It’s time to get honest about the state of our witness as Christians. When was the last time you had a spiritual conversation with someone? How about a conversation you would characterize as distinctively Christian? Are you satisfied with that as a person commissioned by Christ to extend the knowledge of the good news of…
Read MoreConversation Tool: Marriage in Dishonor
Start the Conversation: The Connecting Point: There are many onramps into this conversation. From headline news revealing the adulterous infidelity of public officials, to the treatment of marriage by Hollywood, to the ways in which marriage is degraded by redefinition and so-called no-fault divorce. Marriage is seen by many as unnecessary. The number of people…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Timothy King: Addiction Nation
Timothy King, author of Addiction Nation, joins Carmen to discuss his book which examines the epidemic of opioids through a number of related angles: the injustice of the war on drugs, the crisis of meaning in our culture, institutional greed, technology and the pervasiveness of addiction in our society today. This is an uplifting, informative,…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Justin Giboney: Racism Today
Carmen and Justin Giboney, political strategist and founder of the AND Campaign, recently had a conversation about what it means to be actively anti-racist and why that is important for Christians. Listen in to this vital conversation and learn where racism is appearing today, how racism from the past continues to affect our African American…
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