During these summer months in the northern hemisphere, many of our activities slow down a bit, as people take their holidays and otherwise break with their regular routines. It's a good time also to renew relationships with friends and family, thanking God for the various communities of which we are part.
My work also has slowed to some extent, but there are a few items worth highlighting from the past month. I published two short articles in Christian Courier. The first is titled, Scandal revisited, comparing the Watergate scandal of half a century ago with recent developments in the country of my birth. The second is The good of marriage, prompted by two weddings and an anniversary.
Last year I was interviewed by Peter Bell on The Idolatry of Politics, which was finally posted in March of this year. Some weeks later he interviewed me again on the subject of my second book, We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God, which aired recently as part of his Sons of Patriarchy series. The video can be viewed here: America and Power. Topics covered include Catholic and Reformed Christian social teachings, Christian nationalism, and the perennial temptation to use unjust means for desired ends.
I have several ongoing projects on which I am working at the moment, and I will report on these once they have come to fruition. I will leave you with an item from my unrelated long term project dedicated to the 16th-century Genevan Psalter: The Lukan canticles and the Synod of Dort.
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