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2018-09-18T13:31:28-04:00

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Sept 19, 1981: The Sound of God in Motion

Last updated on: September 18, 2018 at 1:31 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

On Sept. 19, 1981, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded their first live album in Central Park, New York. More than 500,000 people packed into the park for their first performance in 11 years. The album was released on Feb. 16, 1982 and the concert was broadcast on HBO for years. The concert was a benefit performance, with proceeds helping to refurbish Central Park. Subsequent airings of the program during fund drives have helped public television stations raise money. Simon... Read more

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2018-09-14T13:34:12-04:00

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A Blood Red Line of Racism Flows Through the United States

Last updated on: September 14, 2018 at 1:34 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

On Sept. 15, 1963, hate blew-up the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al. The massive explosion wounded nearly two dozen and took the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair. It was Birmingham’s fourth bombing in four weeks. Four little girls were murdered in a terrorist attack; attacks that continue daily. Birmingham Sunday (September 15, 1963) By Langston Hughes Four little girls Who went to Sunday School that day And never came back home... Read more

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2018-09-27T10:45:38-04:00

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Hold on to Hope in These Trying Times

Last updated on: September 27, 2018 at 10:45 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

These are trying times. Each day, we can choose to react to the world with fear or with hope. We can surrender to the darker nature of the human spirit, or embrace hope and possibility. Predominantly white, predominantly male, predominantly Conservative Americans project fear and hearken back to halcyon days of old that never existed. They don’t want the equitable tax structure of 1955, just the racism, sexism and xenophobia. Fear of others has always been a way for the... Read more

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2018-09-08T16:46:27-04:00

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Are You the Person Mr. Rogers Knows You Can Be?

Last updated on: September 8, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

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2018-09-04T13:51:14-04:00

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The Pharisees in the White House Aren’t Christians

Last updated on: September 4, 2018 at 1:51 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

After Donald Trump ended his prepared remarks to a roomful of modern Pharisees, he spoke off the cuff and threatened the fear mongers with a fearful future if Democrats take control of Congress in November: “They will end everything immediately,” Mr. Trump said. “When you look at antifa,” he added, a term that describes militant leftist groups, “and you look at some of these groups, these are violent people.” Trump demonstrated he sees the conservative Evangelical leaders as little more... Read more

2018-09-05T11:32:29-04:00

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The Irony of Evangelical Idolatry in the White House

Last updated on: September 5, 2018 at 11:32 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

For nearly 40 years, Evangelicals preached dire sermons against a godless, sin-soaked culture focused on wealth, immorality, celebrity, sexual promiscuity and worldly power. On Aug. 27, they celebrated it. The White House guest list was a who’s who of Conservative Christians: Paula White, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr., Robert Jeffress, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Lester Warner, Eric Metaxas, James Dobson and others. It’s easy to see how former Evangelicals become disenchanted with the church of their childhood. Trump is literally... Read more

2018-08-21T21:41:43-04:00

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Cultural Christians worship a god of their own creation

Last updated on: August 21, 2018 at 9:41 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

2018-08-12T08:50:58-04:00

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American Atrocities Against Children– Children, for Christ’s Sake

Last updated on: August 12, 2018 at 8:50 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

On behalf of the people of the Unites States of America, tax dollars are paying government employees to commit atrocities against children. How do you feel about that? A Trump policy intentionally implemented to be as painful as possible to the victims, separated 2,551 children from their parents at the U.S. border. The parents of 410 children were deported without their children– more than the number of airline passengers killed on 9-11. An additional 162 children remain separated from their... Read more

2018-08-01T18:54:42-04:00

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Ballet Class: A Pas de Deux with God

Last updated on: August 1, 2018 at 6:54 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Dozens of little girls in pink tights brought to mind the paintings of Edgar Degas. The five weeks of summer class were level II ballet in one of the finest programs in the state. I knew in the first few minutes of the first class that this would be an excellent opportunity for my four year-old. I took ballet in college and wasn’t happy with the dance class my daughter took elsewhere last summer. I was struck by the uniformity... Read more

2018-07-23T13:13:58-04:00

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A Racist President of the United States. Are We Really Better Than This?

Last updated on: July 23, 2018 at 1:13 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

“We want people in our country based on merit. Not based on a draw, where other countries put their absolute worst in a bin and they start drawing people. Do you think they’re going to put their good ones? They don’t put their good ones. They put their bad ones.” – Donald Trump Donald Trump’s quote demonstrates an astonishing lack of self-awareness and an abundance of self loathing. He is the son of an immigrant and four of his children... Read more

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