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July 2019

July 31, 2019

B Tandy and the Squirrel

B Tandy Twenty years or so ago, in Virginia, more specifically the Front Royal area,...

July 20, 2019

I Don’t Believe in Pastors

I Don't Believe in Pastors I never thought I would say that I don't believe...

July 17, 2019

Megan Rapinoe and American Vitriol

Megan Rapinoe and American Vitriol Less than two weeks ago, Megan Rapinoe, an out and...

July 13, 2019

Brave On

Brave On When I was a child, I never had a relationship with my mother....

July 10, 2019

Law, Anger and Lesbians

Got Law? I know you are because you come and you try to convince me...

July 06, 2019

The Barn Light and Religion

The light on I stood there staring out the large picture window in our kitchen...

July 04, 2019

I Quit Church And I’m Happy About It

I Would Quit Again I'm not going to church anymore, I quit. God told me...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

What Time Is It?

Time to Know There are times in our lives that have distinct purpose. Ecclesiastes declares,...

June 26, 2019

Encounter With The Dead

An Encounter Interruption I had seen umpteen people and the day was still rolling. A...

June 19, 2019

God in A Dime

Dad and A Dime Today is Father's Day and my heart is filled with thoughts...

June 15, 2019

Abortion is complicated

Abortion Talk I had a young lady come into my life twenty years or so...

June 13, 2019

Religious Focus

Religious Legalism Plenty of volley's fly back and forth across the religious legalistic net. Debate...

June 08, 2019

Straight Pride?

Pride Because Beatings This week, a gay couple was riding a bus in London, they...

June 05, 2019

God Made Me Gay

God Made Me Gay Whenever I say, "God made me gay" it is a provocation...

June 01, 2019

Suffering for Jesus

Suffering for Jesus Suffering for Jesus was something I was well acquainted with. I suffered...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Kindness is a Currency

"Kindness is a currency that, when spent, buys more than money can..PK Langley" Kindness Opportunity...

May 22, 2019

Giving From the Heart

Giving From the Heart When I was a senior pastor, we told people that their...

May 18, 2019

Happy Birthday Dad

Happy Birthday Today would have been my father's 75th birthday. It's been twelve years this...

May 15, 2019

Truth Doesn’t Always Hurt

Truth in Jail I was a corrections officer working in a jail in Texas. There...

May 11, 2019

The Wagon Witness

Wagon Witness While I was a member of the institutional church, I always felt compelled...

May 08, 2019

Delivered from Religion

I've Been Delivered I used to get excited when someone contacted me on Facebook. There...

May 04, 2019

When the Good News Goes Bad

The Exciting Good News I had just finished a three hour lunch after church and...

April 2019

April 27, 2019

Paradigm Shift to Spirit Led Living

Paradigm Shift Anyone? A paradigm is a model. We have many paradigms in life. I...

April 24, 2019

Jesus and PTSD

Jesus and PTSD I grew up knowing a gentle and religiously framed Jesus. You know...