Elle Purnell

1 day ago | thefederalist.com | Elle Purnell

Are you stumped on what to buy for the graduate whose announcement just landed in your mailbox? Wondering what kids like these days, or whether those iTunes gift cards stuffed in the back of your gifting closet are still relevant? If you know someone graduating high school or college next month, and you’d like to gift something more personal than cash, try one of these thoughtful options. Is your high school graduate headed off to a college dorm?

1 day ago | conservativereview.com | Elle Purnell

6 days ago | thefederalist.com | Elle Purnell

A few weeks ago, my husband and I were late enough to church that we found ourselves and a few other families stuck in “standing room only” until the dismissal of the young children to Sunday school freed up a few seats. It’s not an uncommon occurrence — neither the packed sanctuary nor, as my husband could tell you, my knack for underestimating how much time it will take to get ready for church. “How are we going to squeeze everyone in for Easter?” we wondered with our fellow latecomers.

6 days ago | conservativereview.com | Elle Purnell

1 week ago | thefederalist.com | Elle Purnell

Many in the crowd that cheered Jesus’ entry on Palm Sunday mistook his mission as one to eradicate their political rulers, rather than to eradicate the sin in their own hearts. Two thousand years later, you can find the same mistake in the pages of The New York Times. In a Sunday op-ed, the recently resigned Episcopal Rev.