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Saturday, April 30th, 2022Addictive behavior can destroy the addict as well as those around them. Addicts find it harder and harder to distinguish reality from imagination. They tell themselves lies and demand others accept the lies as truth. Dealing with an addict can be very exhausting. Addicts respond to the truth with false allegations and threats. Their paranoia […]
Put Loyalty to America First
Friday, February 11th, 2022Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell couldn’t have been any clearer about January 6. “It was a violent insurrection with the purpose of trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election. … That’s what it was.” McConnell made this statement in response to the Republican National Committee endorsing the insurrection. The […]
Poisoned Fields
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022In Matthew Chapter 13, Jesus told a parable about a sower. Since farming was a common occupation, it wasn’t hard to understand. Seeds, like words, require fertile soil to grow. Teachers can only do so much. Anyone familiar with growing plants knows, however, that with a little work, a farmer can prepare the soil. Adding […]
Defending America
Thursday, January 6th, 2022Which Side Are You On?
Thursday, January 6th, 2022On January 6, 2021, Fox News host Laura Ingram texted Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff. Ingram begged, “Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy.â€Â Everyone in the White House and on Fox News knew who was […]
Rebellious Lies
Wednesday, December 15th, 2021Why have Republicans embraced the lie? If they can lie about something we all watched, they can lie about anything. Ohh wait….Tax cuts don’t pay for themselves. Diversity really is a strength for America. We can trust women in their doctors’ offices. Christianity is founded on compassion for the poor, not the idolatry of power […]
Don’t Bear False Witness
Thursday, October 14th, 2021Justice requires the truth. As Americans we require anyone testifying to do it under oath. Oath breakers face penalties for perjury. The truth is no less important in other aspects of life. Both Civil Law and the Bible made bearing false witness a crime. Civil law calls it liable. Psalm 6 calls bearing false witness […]
Covid: Think Globally, Active Locally
Thursday, August 26th, 2021I don’t know about you, but I started off my summer with hope. Together—united as one nation–we had turned the corner on Covid 19. The experts were right. Masks and physical distancing saved lives and bought time for many of us to get vaccinated. In June, however, conservative politicians decided it was time to surrender. […]
Seeds of Sedition
Thursday, July 29th, 2021The January 6 attack on American Democracy grew from seeds planted 40 years earlier. In the 1980s conservative activists created incendiary rhetoric to attack our government. Since the New Deal, conservatives had lost to a wave of progressive legislation. The Federal Government improved the lives of seniors with Social Security and Medicare. It improved the […]
Uncle Sam Needs You
Thursday, July 8th, 2021The World watched on January 6, 2021, as criminals swarmed the United States Capital. The thugs wanted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Most of us looked on in horror. Congress had gathered in a solemn, constitutional ceremony to count the Electoral College votes. Each state had certified the results. Courts from every corner […]
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