Crossing a Digital Divide Cherie Harder Friday, June 7, 2019 Sometimes dramatic changes happen with little fanfare. This year, a cultural Rubicon was crossed, as significant as it was unheralded: the time we spend on mobile devices now exceeds the time spent with TV. The time-use study published by emarketer.com shows the trajectory of Americans’
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Confessions Byron Smith Friday, January 25, 2019 As the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Trinity Forum, I have a few confessions to make: First, you need to know that “we are Russian sympathizers.” It’s true! We have great admiration, respect, and regard for the works and thoughts of Leo Tolstoy,
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Why Means Matter Cherie Harder Friday, February 23, 2018 One of the most significant recent shifts in public attitudes is the crumbling of trust in bedrock institutions – ranging from Congress to academia, law enforcement, finance, the media, business, health providers, even the church. As respect for such institutions, along with the norms and
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Getting Mad and Giving Thanks Cherie Harder Monday, November 20, 2017 The holidays are rapidly approaching — and we the people are angry. A year after the nastiest presidential election in modern history, our general ire seems further stoked. In this age of rage, one can find any number of reasons to be furious:
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In Memoriam: Michael Cromartie Cherie Harder Wednesday, August 30, 2017 After a valiant two-year battle with cancer, waged with his characteristic energy and verve, author, scholar, Faith Angle Forum founder, and Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Michael Cromartie died earlier this week. He leaves behind his extraordinary wife Jenny, sons Ethan and Eric and daughter
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Hospitality and Healing Cherie Harder Thursday, March 30, 2017 It is a strange irony: at the most globally connected moment in all of human history, we are lonelier than ever. Even as our social media connections grow, so do our rates of living alone, and our reported feelings of loneliness and estrangement. A survey
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Grinches, Gifts, and Grace Cherie Harder Friday, December 6, 2016 As if Economics was not already considered “the dismal science,” a vocal number of economists have taken to questioning the value of gift-giving, even labeling it a “market failure.” By the laws of economics alone, the Grinches have a point: giving a gift is
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Hope and Change? Cherie Harder Friday, November 11, 2016 It has been a wild election. The majority of our deeply divided fellow citizens, many of whom are clearly hurting or angry (or both), fed up with gridlock in Washington, and eager for change, chose a new president, in what has seemed a joyless and bitter
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The Weight of Words Cherie Harder Friday, September 23, 2016 It is uncanny how much attention is paid in the Bible to the weight and power of words. It is a recurrent theme, beginning in Genesis with God speaking the world into existence, and culminating with the good news that the Word himself became
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For Such a Time As This Byron Smith Wednesday, July 13, 2016 We are pleased to provide a special guest reflection by Trinity Forum Trustee Byron Smith. "Shocked… Confused… Dismayed… Angry! " The sense of frustration many of us feel as we observe what is happening in our country can be disorienting. The demoralizing
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