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2020-09-04T08:49:57-07:00

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It’s Time for White Agitators to Stand Down.

Last updated on: September 4, 2020 at 8:49 am By Roger Wolsey

These words are written in the aftermath of the shootings that took place at the protest in Kenosha, WI on August 25, 2020. It’s a bit more of a rant in tone than is my custom – but I feel this approach is appropriate for such a time. I write to fellow white citizens in the United States. 1. Attention: White Black Bloc Anarchists (who mislead themselves and others by calling themselves “ANTIFA”) – White people have NO BUSINESS driving... Read more

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2020-03-30T19:15:43-07:00

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Where is God in the Pandemic? ..and other musings.

Last updated on: March 30, 2020 at 7:15 pm By Roger Wolsey

A collage of musings that I posted on my Facebook page over the past 2 weeks. These particular ones belong together: For those who are wondering “Where is God in this pandemic?” God is in the physicians and healthcare workers who are pouring out everything they’ve got to save as many of us as possible. God is in the truck drivers and grocery store staff and pharmacy personnel who are making sure we have the essentials that we need during... Read more

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2020-08-02T15:18:45-07:00

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You’re Gonna Die. Pro-tips for Death & Dying.

Last updated on: August 2, 2020 at 3:18 pm By Roger Wolsey

“Children! You’re gonna die! That’s right. You’re gonna die! You don’t think you’re gonna die! You can’t imagine dyin’ right now, but one of these days, they’re gonna take you out to the cemetery, drop you in a hole, throw dirt in your face, and go back to the church and eat potato salad!” Christian scholar Tony Campolo shares about a long-time tradition on at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, an African-American congregation in West Philadelphia. Every year, the high school... Read more

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2020-03-19T06:31:54-07:00

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Being a Non-Anxious Presence in an Anxious Time.

Last updated on: March 19, 2020 at 6:31 am By Roger Wolsey

“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.” The words are from Kurt Vonnegut, the art is that of a tagger on a hidden wall in Boulder, the city I used to live in. It aptly conveys the anxious end of an idyllic – though illusory – season in the lives of the white elite, including mine. This photo I took of it fits what I’m about to say. We in the West are facing something unlike most any of us under... Read more

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2020-03-08T13:34:51-07:00

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This Isthmus of Isness – a poem about God.

Last updated on: March 8, 2020 at 1:34 pm By Roger Wolsey

No longer can I fake it No longer can I pretend No longer can I fool myself and others that when I say “God” I mean what they think I’m supposed to mean. No longer can I talk about a god six steps removed, as if God were the A-Team of attorneys, advertisers, and agents who write the contracts, book the guests, and place the products on Megatainment Tonight, where tinsel toothed theological celebrities talk about the forced formulas and... Read more

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2020-01-30T14:24:56-07:00

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Authentically Christian. Getting real to help our Culture.

Last updated on: January 30, 2020 at 2:24 pm By Roger Wolsey

I recently had the honor to be a guest interviewed on the BiCurean Podcast. I had only learned of this greatly needed podcast in the past year. It is hosted by two people on a mission – a mission to help heal our broken culture and to inspire us toward a less polarized way of being and relating to one another in society. In their words: What is BiCurean? BiCurean takes typically combative topics and teaches them to play nice.... Read more

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2020-02-11T15:13:01-07:00

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Ending the Civil War. Ways to Engage.

Last updated on: February 11, 2020 at 3:13 pm By Roger Wolsey

“They’re so wrong.” “They’re impossible.” “They’re never going to change their minds.” That’s a lot of they-ing and overstatement. And yet, I think that’s what we do – we write others off as beyond hope. All too frequently, I think we dismiss people who think differently than we do – patently, wholesale, and out of hand. We de-friend people on social media and reduce or avoid contact with co-workers, friends from our past, people at the gym, and even members... Read more

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2020-01-12T01:07:32-07:00

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Preemptive Warfare is UnChristian.

Last updated on: January 12, 2020 at 1:07 am By Roger Wolsey

At the start of this new year, this last year of our current decade, President Trump ordered a drone airstrike to assassinate a high ranking military official of Iran, General Qassem Soleimani – the person largely responsible for the (near) end of ISIS. The assassination took place on Jan. 2, 2020. This action was the equivalent of a head of foreign nation ordering the killing of the Secretary of Defense of the USA. By any measure, an act of war –... Read more

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2020-01-12T01:00:34-07:00

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Donald Trump is The Highlander?

Last updated on: January 12, 2020 at 1:00 am By Roger Wolsey

Donald Trump has a name. So do you. I’ve been participating in the “Photo-a-Day Challenge” where people are invited to post photos they’ve taken to social media that relate to the theme assigned for each day. Today is the 19th day of Advent and the word assigned is “Name.” We all have names and many of our names have meanings. Some contend that our names are actually part of our identity – that consciously or not – we often end... Read more

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2020-02-01T11:10:38-07:00

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Can We Cancel Cancel Culture? Ways to Engage.

Last updated on: February 1, 2020 at 11:10 am By Roger Wolsey

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