Archive - Every Knee Shall Bend

The Politics of Fear and the Liturgy of Hope

Trump’s Quantico spectacle contrasts with a People’s Mass in Chicago and Cardinal McElroy’s call for neighbor-love. Fear isolates. Hope gathers.

Sep 30 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

Picking Up Serpents

How Christian nationalist rhetoric recasts facts as faith claims, why empathy is under attack, and why servant leadership and friendship offer a…

Sep 26 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

When Christian Nationalism Makes Violence Holy

Sanctifying violence in the name of faith and nation

Sep 23 •

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Ronald E Hopson

The Pentagon is Preaching

The Department of War has begun posting Bible verses alongside military drills.

Sep 19 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

The Sacralization of Free Speech

Robert Barron’s rhetoric on martyrdom, free speech, and Catholic witness

Sep 17 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

What Dutch Sheets Won’t Admit About Identity Politics

Dutch Sheets condemns identity politics—but his movement depends on it.

Sep 12 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

The Money Magisterium: Wealth, Media, and the Narrowing of the Catholic Church

On the convergence of media, money, and politics in constructing a particular Catholicism.

Sep 9 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

When Worship Becomes Weaponized

Sean Feucht and the politics of persecution shaping Christian nationalism.

Sep 5 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

Gun Violence is a Pastoral Issue

Abortion gets action, gun violence gets thoughts and prayers

Sep 2 •

Andrew Ambrose Mackey

August 2025

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