Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 10, 2025. Our top stories today begin in the U.S., where the conservative movement is grappling with an uproar over antisemitism, fueled by new information channels, while the legality of the Trump administration’s strikes on suspected drug boats, which have killed dozens, remains under expert […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 9, 2025. Across the U.S. today, travelers are facing significant delays and cancellations at the nation’s busiest airports, as over 1,000 flights have been cut due to the ongoing government shutdown forcing the FAA to reduce services amid unpaid air traffic controllers calling out. In […]

In the first lecture I give to students in my freshman writing class, I ask students to “consider the source” of their writing. I argue that writing begins from the building blocks of language, which are words. I explain to them my belief, based on my faith in the Bible, that all words come originally […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 8, 2025. In today’s top headlines, the ongoing government shutdown continues to ripple across the U.S., causing significant travel disruptions with over 1,000 U.S. flights cancelled as unpaid air traffic controllers reduce services. Politically, the shutdown, now record-setting, is forcing Head Start preschools to close, […]

Drinking Deadly Things in Appalachian Pentecostalism Drinking poison, typically strychnine dissolved in water, is one of the lesser-practiced but highly symbolic signs of faith among certain Appalachian Holiness and Pentecostal groups. Like serpent handling, this ritual…