The Republican Party began as a coalition. It came together to stand against an oligarchy intent on overcoming democracy. In the mid-1850’s, SC senator James Henry Hammond (an enslaver) said this. “IRead More…
ADJUSTING THE BINOCULARS Sometimes we take such a short view. We think current events are…current, but it seems we’re watching history repeat itself. What we’re seeing in our country right now occursRead More…
The book of Ecclesiastes has always mystified me. If all is vanity, why even try? Ecc. 1:9 stopped me in my tracks the other day. “What has been will be again; whatRead More…
A LOT TO REMEMBER The world is a mess. “Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone.” John Donne in 1611 Could have been written in 2024. From last weekend’s shooting at aRead More…
Well, I did it again. I riled up some folks with last week’s post. I quoted Michelle Obama. “When they go low, we go high.” I should have paraphrased it to read,Read More…
We’re a stunned nation. We’re embarrassed. Too many of us are vomit-in-the-toilet troubled. Maybe this isn’t true in your community, but there are almost zero candidate bumper stickers around here, for eitherRead More…
THE TALE OF TWO BLOGGERS A few mornings ago, I read two dramatically different blog posts. One was by a woman who moved into a gang-infested neighborhood. She’s constantly asked, “Aren’t youRead More…
I just had a milestone birthday and it makes me happy. I decided several milestones ago that I’d just be the best (insert whatever age) this world had ever seen! (It’s aRead More…
I once heard a story about a man of old who was lost in the wilderness and desperately thirsty. He came across a stream and threw himself at it, beginning to gulpRead More…
I love these words by public theologian, Nadia Bolz-Weber. “(The) world will break your heart. There’s enough sorrow to go around and for everyone to have seconds. But this world has aRead More…