“What’s desperately needed in American Protestantism today is for someone to engineer the confluence of these two streams of Protestantism so that the faith can reclaim its prophetic voice.”

"More liberals need to get comfortable acknowledging that, even if it doesn’t explain the whole story, culture probably has played a role in the changes that have rocked domestic life for so much of the country."

There’s never been a time when we’ve taken progressive action and regretted it.

"Iraq is a terrible country, but it's my home."

"Spending half my time saying what I’m not saying is a requirement that only is ever asked of those who speak against establishment power and never for it."

"These writers deserve kudos for reading the Ferguson report and speaking upwhen they believed that their ideological allies weren't living up to ostensibly shared ideals."

"'Do you want me to nurse him?' she asked softly, all trace of her usual cerebral irony vanished."

"As I waited for the apocalypse, I turned 15. Then I turned 16."

"In contrast to the unkillable Kenneth, who has an overabundance of history, the unbreakable Kimmy has too little."

Steve Thorngate

The Century managing editor is also a church musician and songwriter.

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