There’s a radio program called “The Moth” (themoth.org). Like most radio programs these days, you can get it in podcast form, and that is indeed how I have always listened to it. Once upon a time, I never missed an episode due to the amount of driving I had to do. These days it is…

This past week, there have been a lot of references in the public sphere to Romans 13, including both politicians and pastors. As the chapter begins, Paul writes, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.…