On April 29, 2026, Jerome Powell stood at a podium for the last time as Chair of the Federal Reserve and did something quietly remarkable. He reminded the room — and through them, the public — of why the institution exists at all. “The Federal Reserve exists for one fundamental purpose,” he said, “to foster...
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There is a scene I keep returning to from Mufasa: The Lion King, the 2024 prequel that tells the origin story of the great lion king whose legacy his granddaughter Kiara is still learning to carry. Kiara—daughter of Simba and granddaughter of the great Mufasa—enters a cave on a stormy night, trembling, uncertain whether she...
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In January, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney characterized our present global moment as a time of “rupture, not transition.” By this he meant that the world is no longer moving steadily from one stable order to another. Instead, the assumptions that once governed global politics, economics, and...
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Sitting in a course at Regent College, I remember hearing the amusing story of the heated “signboard debates” between a Catholic church and a Presbyterian church located across from one another. One day, likely to comfort a mourner who had just lost a beloved dog, the Catholic church posted a sign that read: “All dogs...
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Right after graduating from seminary, I served as a director of children’s ministry in a local church. There, I met a deacon who became a good friend in my life. He and his family loved and served the Lord by pouring out their time and lives to support the ministry of the church. The deacon...
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I remember a bad experience I had when making an insurance claim for my mother-in-law. While shopping in a grocery store, she accidentally stepped on a slippery floor that was not properly guarded and injured herself. Speaking with the insurance agent on the phone was a nightmare. The agent seemed to be more interested in...
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