This week a hurricane came through the eastern part of North Carolina where my family was staying. As the storm raged around us, the house we were in lost power. Though the damage in our area was minimal, the power outage was deeply disturbing to my 6-year-old son. He didn’t understand that the power could …
Continue...2020 has been a year unlike any other. A pandemic and cultural unrest have radically altered and disrupted our lives in ways none of us could have predicted. At the beginning of this year, I was in the process of applying to be a substitute teacher in California. Then, COVID-19 happened, schools shut down, and …
Continue...In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent discuss the U.S. economy, the presidential election, Herman Cain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, new Covid outbreaks, Regis Philbin, and mystery seeds. Lindsay also gives a rundown of this week’s ERLC content including pieces by Cary Corley, Ericka Anderson, and Josh Wester. Also in this episode, the hosts are joined …
Continue...As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, religious freedom issues have emerged in a number of places. The healthcare space is no exception to this rule. Thankfully, as has been the case in a number of other areas, as these issues have surfaced, the parties have worked together to find resolutions that allow health and safety …
Continue...The economic effects from COVID-19 will reverberate for many years, and communities of color will feel them most powerfully. The Washington Post reports that 20% of Latinos—the highest reported demographic—were furloughed or laid off during the national quarantine. The Post also reports that 6 in 10 African American and Latino households said they didn’t have …
Continue...Tonight, the Supreme Court declined to hear an emergency appeal from the Ninth Circuit in the case of Calvary Chapel v. Sisolak. The case involves challenges brought by a number of churches in Nevada—including Southern Baptist churches—to the Nevada governor’s reopening plans which treated similar entities, indoor spaces where people gather, differently. Under Governor Steve …
Continue...In the months that followed the outbreak of COVID-19 in our country and around the world, I noticed a pattern of mild to moderate panic in my clients and those of the counselors-in-training I supervise. As we witnessed in news feeds around the nation, store shelves were stripped of essentials like toilet paper and canned …
Continue...For Christians, singing together in corporate worship is about more than entertainment or even tradition. Christians are commanded to sing together, offering their praises unto God, when they gather for worship (Psalm 68:4-5, Col. 3:16). And throughout their long history, the people of God have been a singing people. In light of COVID-19, the Trump …
Continue...Our world is in turmoil. All you need to do is turn on the news or open your social media apps to find a volcano of responses—differing opinions on how to handle the world health crisis, whether states should reopen or stay closed, accusations of racism and injustice, and tense debates that seem like personal …
Continue...Travis Wussow, Chelsea Patterson Sobolik, and Jeff Pickering discuss the policy issues the ERLC team is working on in Washington, D.C. The team talks about the latest developments on immigration policy, including a recent win on international student visas, Phase IV COVID-19 relief negotiations, pro-life policies among appropriations bills, and how a viral video is …
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