As we approach the US election, physician Erik Strandness challenges us on what it meant to vote Christianly

We are at the tail end of a long dark election season in the United States. It has made for good theatre but very poor governing. It has been entertaining but not edifying. Very soon a politician will win the election and then institute reforms that half the population will consider a slap in the face and the other half will embrace as the spoils of political war.

A candidate will get 51 per cent of the vote and declare they have a mandate when in reality, they have been given a stark warning that our nation is seriously divided. They will promise to unite the country because all men are created equal and then institute policies that benefit those who are more equal than others. I want to offer the thoughts of a discouraged American who seeks to understand his Christian faith in the context of these political realities.

Farming the wilderness

We humans have had issues with authority from the beginning. God created a good… (register to read the rest of the article)