Iowa Crossroad

Mandee Shivers, candidate for Iowa State Senate District 11, discusses key Iowa issues including abortion laws (HF 2316 and HF 2332), foster care reform, and Iowa’s rising cancer rates. In this interview, she outlines her pro-life stance, raises concerns about legal protections for coerced mothers, and proposes changes to improve accountability in the foster care system. The conversation also covers pesticide liability, agriculture policy, and the political outlook for Iowa’s 2026 governor race.

Religion is a system of beliefs, practices, values, and worldviews by which humans seek to order themselves through worship, moral teachings, and rituals. Some religions teach humans to worship one god or another. Other religions teach humans to seek enlightenment. In other words religions always seek to impose moralteachings on others. This is an obvious fact. […]

Religious freedom is the ability to hold to a religious belief and to practice this belief both publicly and privately through worship, teaching, and observance without governmental coercion or persecution. Sincere belief is crucial to the vitality of the soul. What someone believes concerning religion, theology, or whatever term that describes the overall spiritual beliefs […]

One of the most fundamental truths of all time is that parents have the responsibility to raise their children. This responsibility of raising children is simultaneously one of the hardest things to do and the most fulfilling. The role of a parent is critical to the development of the child. Each of us have seen […]

Every world–changer began as a life conceived. No one has ever shaped history without first being given the gift of life. No one has ever loved another without first being given the gift of life no one has ever sacrificed for another without first being given the gift of life. No one has ever had […]

Welcome to the Iowa Crossroad Podcast The Iowa Crossroad Podcast exists at the intersection of faith and public life. Each week, this podcast examines Iowa politics—party platforms, legislation, and policy debates—through a biblical lens. Rather than asking which party is winning, Iowa Crossroad asks a more important question: Is this faithful? New episodes are released […]