An Easter Son-rise Service It's my 30th Ordiversary!* What an amazing journey to witness the wonder of Christ's work from a variety of vantage points: student-disciple, interpreter, companion, and servant-leader. I've been privileged by the call of the Spirit and the people to ponder and pontificate, train and teach, pause and pray, laugh and lament--all … Continue reading 30 Years
Truth and Consequences
Rant- unedited "young kids?" ( JD, let's be honest--to clarify-they are adults, men and women), "making jokes?" (JD, that's a sick sense of humor to think the murder of 6 million people is a joke and the war dead is of no consequence),so it should "not ruin their lives?"(JD, wait-- you want them to have … Continue reading Truth and Consequences
Civil Discourse
Perhaps you are old enough to remember the restaurant concept in which the servers insulted the diners during their meal. One had a slogan, “putting the FU in fun.” Eventually, it lost its fresh appeal and disappeared. It began about the same time as talk radio began driving ratings by driving anger. Insult culture grew … Continue reading Civil Discourse
Ain’t I A Middle Class Striver?
Remaking the Democratic Party means leaving Americans behind.
A pledge of Allegiance
Over the years, I've written variations of pledges (below). I believe my nation's ideals of the rule of law, the blind scales of justice equitably and fairly applied without fear or favor, the hope of abundance for the tired, the poor, the oppressed; the freedoms guaranteed for faith, speech, due process, property, gathering--and much more--put … Continue reading A pledge of Allegiance
Imagine
In the debate about labor shortages due to deportations people reference farmworkers, housekeeping workers, lawn services, i.e., low skilled labors and entry level jobs. We forget these people had lives before arriving in America. Some worked the farms and some had their own farms. Others supervised their own housekeeping businesses built up from their own … Continue reading Imagine
Blessed Are
"Blessed are ...." Matthew 5: 3-10 The “be-happy" attitudes was a book and sermon series by Robert Schuller during my teen years when faith was something I was eagerly exploring. What a refreshing take on Jesus's teaching of the "beatitudes" or "blessings." I was reading these verses during my earliest awareness of the chaos loose … Continue reading Blessed Are
It’s all about the money.
Gaza (see https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/middleeast/israel-military-gaza-palestinians-leave.html?smid=nytcore-android-share) In my opinion--Follow the money forward.I know I'm not the only one who sees it for what it is. A land grab for making a personal profit that has nothing to do with the Constitutional responsibilities of the office of President. It is not patriotic, or America First, or fight them there … Continue reading It’s all about the money.
After
Thousands gathered across the country....
Praise?
"Praise the LORD,” it says and continues to list the glorious attributes of a God who saves the righteous and vanquishes the wicked. The headlines prove this to be wishful thinking. [Unless]
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