If there’s anything we’ve done pretty well for a Stateside blog, I think it’s trying to keep y’all up with what’s happening across the pond. Granted, we have no deep understanding of either European tribalism or feudalism and it’s damn near every day I thank God the Founding Fathers did not harness us with the...
One of the more challenging passages in the Bible is the story told in the book of Joshua. God’s chosen people enter the “promised land,” meet with opposition from the nations living there, and proceed—with God’s direction and often miraculous support—the kill or drive out the previous inhabitants. The book ends with a celebration that...