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Category: USA
America and the Coronavirus Crisis: Three ways that Europeans can pray for Americans
If you are anything like me, you will be watching with horror as the number of coronavirus cases in the … More
Are Americans Racist?
My experiences are just a small window into American culture and all I can offer are a few anecdotes to help answer this question.
Americanah
One book that has helped me understand racism in America is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It is a novel … More
How to pray for white supremacists
In the wake of recent killings in El Paso and Gilroy, white supremacy is now the number one cause of … More
If you’re a Christian and Alabama’s proposed abortion ban doesn’t seem quite right to you, then you’re not alone
I am a Christian, and I long to see a reduction in the number of abortions. However, banning abortion, even … More
Is something missing from the US constitution?
In 1790 the phrase ‘liberte, egalite, fraternite’ (liberty, equality, fraternity) began to be spoken and used among French people. It … More
When an American sends you hate speech about Muslims (there’s no training for this)
Received on Tuesday: Anna, I saw this on facebook and thought of our previous conversation. **** Yesterday at 1:13 AM … More
A letter home from Alabama
Alabama 8th October 2018 Dear Jenna, Thanks for your card, it’s taken me a while to write back because my … More
Deep South
I have just completed reading Paul Theroux’s book Deep South, one of a few books I’m reading in preparation for … More
I love that a #Youthquake is occurring among Florida’s students and ending gun violence is their aim
At the end of last year, the Oxford English Dictionary named Youthquake as its word of the year. Despite many … More
#BoycottWalmart – why I am taking part
I am British and my family and I spent two years living in Virginia. I remember my first time shopping … More
How the rest of the world can help America end gun violence
I’m a Brit, and spent two years living in the USA, returning in 2016, and am due to live there … More
I’d like to offer a comparison
This is based on my observation only, but I’ve noticed a difference between the style of news reporting in the … More
Could the feminist movement provide the answer to abortion that Republicans are looking for?
It is International Women’s Day and a plethora of articles have appeared bemoaning the lack of equality that there is … More
If Trump isn’t a wake up call to Evangelical Christians then I don’t know who else could be
I’m an Evangelical Christian, but I’m British, so please don’t think I’m a Republican. However, I am surrounded by countless … More
On Abortion – Evangelicals need to stop being lazy
In the UK, abortion isn’t such a hot issue as it is here in the US. I think in the … More
Better late than never
It has been ages since I last wrote something on here, it has been hard to pin down everything I … More
It’s a dichotomy
I have noted before on this blog the dichotomy that exists in America between high patriotism and low solidarity (Patriotism … More
Why Sex Still Dominates Christian Focus On Human Trafficking
A couple of months ago, two different people sent me this link and asked me what I thought. How lovely … More
