I’m thrilled to see some new readers and commenters on my blog. I hope you like what you’ve read and will come back again. And I very much appreciate comments in response to what I’ve written. I won’t, however, publish comments that promote a specific organization or event, unless it’s an organization or event I’m familiar with and/or have mentioned or recommended myself — and the comment is related to what I’ve written.

To be approved, comments must be both civil and kind and directly related to one of my posts. There’s far too much incivility and unkindness being published these days, and I have no desire to contribute to the rancor and hatred that pervades our culture. Comments that don’t meet these guidelines won’t be published.

I’m both a Christian and a conservative, and I’m concerned about how best to live faithfully in a culture that is growing increasingly hostile to my worldview. As a result, the purpose of this blog is to help readers, as well as myself, engage with the issues that are shaping our culture and our public policies, and to think about how we can best live out our faith as we grapple with how to respond to those issues and policies.

Thank you for checking out my blog. If you share my concerns, I hope you’ll hang out here with me and participate in the conversation. And, of course, send your likeminded friends my way. 😊