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Parenting in Resistance to Authoritarianism

The other day, Anna asked without prompt, “How long is Donald Trump going to be our President? He isn’t being nice.” Barring any impeachment or extraordinary circumstance, most likely 4 years. And that is when it hit me, Anna is only 3 ½ and her sister Ella, 3 months. Four years will be more than half of Anna’s life, and all of Ella’s life, during which they will be exposed to authoritarian-style governance.

Finding Hope in a Time of Desolation

As I scrolled through the article that reported President Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-refugee executive order had gone into effect and people were being detained at John F. Kennedy airport, I felt heavy with horror and despair. It's a quiet-making feeling, despair.

“Chains Shall He Break”: Justice in the Music of the Christmas Narrative

Holiday carols, properly heard, can rightly be counted among the “resistance literature” that is our Christmas narrative.