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June 2024

June 25, 2024

Poor People’s March on Washington June 29, 2024

The “Poor People’s & Low Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington and to...

June 21, 2024

The Civil rights struggle continues, so others may be free

On June 21, 1964, in Neshoba County, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner...

June 14, 2024

5 Reasons Why Christians Should be Pro-Choice

Christians have a history of being pro-choice. Christians also have a history of supporting body...

June 03, 2024

The Confederacy was Racist Christian Nationalists

June 3 is a state holiday in Alabama to honor the birthday of traitor Jefferson...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

How is God Like an Elephant?

Do you know how God is like an Elephant? Sometimes we can see God and...

April 2024

April 29, 2024

Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?

Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven? Many Christians believe so, based on these words...

April 16, 2024

The “Doll Test” and the Damage of Segregation

The “Doll Test” of Drs. Mamie and Kenneth Clark uncovered the mental and emotional damage...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird a timeless story

Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless, touching...

March 27, 2024

Helpful Advice About the Eclipse

My child’s school just shared helpful advice about the eclipse. Here are some highlights: On...

March 23, 2024

Palm Sunday 2024: “Save Us”

Palm Sunday 2024: “Save Us” “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of...

February 2024

February 11, 2024

The Christian Holidays of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday

Not a lot of facts are known about St. Valentine. He was a Christian priest...

February 01, 2024

The Day the Music Died: Feb. 3, 1959

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Feb. 3,...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

Jesus At the Beginning of His Ministry: Mark 1:21-28

Notes from a Sermon Mark 1:21-28 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came,...

January 14, 2024

MLK Jr. Was the Original Black Lives Matter Leader

From the day he was born until the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

December 2023

December 24, 2023

“Have I forgotten anyone?”

By Hugh Haynie. First published in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Dec. 24, 1961. Jim...

December 24, 2023

“Christ in the Rubble” by Kelly Latimore

For more about Kelly Latimore, visit his website: Jim Meisner, Jr. is...

December 23, 2023

Jesus’ virgin birth? What difference does it make?

As sure as Christmas means Santa and gingerbread, someone asks about the “virgin birth.” Some...

December 18, 2023

The Savior in A Charlie Brown Christmas

How many times have you seen A Charlie Brown Christmas, the Emmy award-winning TV program...

December 17, 2023

Shamash — the helper

A seven-branched menorah symbolizes Jewish Temple tradition. The nine-branched Hanukkah menorah is lit during the...

November 2023

November 05, 2023

5 Examples of Why House Speaker Mike Johnson isn’t a Christian

“The House speaker’s worldview is dictated by the Bible,” read the New York Times headline...

October 2023

October 04, 2023

The time I spoke with former President Jimmy Carter

I first spoke to former President Jimmy Carter during his Sunday school lesson at his...

September 2023

September 02, 2023

The Day I Met Jimmy Buffett

“Jimmy Buffett’s here.” I knew he was playing golf that day, that’s why I was...

July 2023

July 02, 2023

The Slow Suffocation of Civil Rights in the United States

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of...

March 2023

March 11, 2023

America’s Pastime is Just Weeks Away

Here in the United States, America’s pastime is warming up again. Baseball’s ageless boys of...

February 2023

February 22, 2023

The Day My Daughter Met President Jimmy Carter

Click here for part one – The time I spoke with former President Jimmy Carter...

February 19, 2023

The Day I Talked with Richard Belzer

Detective John Munch has died. He was 78. Comedian Richard Belzer played Munch from the...

January 2023

January 24, 2023

Progressive Christianity in 2023

This year Progressive Christians will continue their efforts to bring justice to the oppressed, to...

July 2022

July 06, 2022

Angry White Men

Another mass shooting and another angry, white man. Because mass shooters are nearly always angry,...

May 2022

May 22, 2022

Communion is for Everyone

Or else it's for no one. Communion is for everyone. The presence of God found...

April 2022

April 06, 2022

Palm Sunday 2022

What’s the context of Jesus riding into the capital city? When he entered Jerusalem, the...