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May 2019

May 13, 2019

How Would the Great Teacher, Jesus, Grade Trump’s Presidency?

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. --John 1.5...

May 10, 2019

Bob Knight, Donald Trump, and Their Supporters are Birds of a Feather

Back in December, I wrote an article called, “The Last Days of Trump.” It was...

May 08, 2019

Since Moving Left, I Like Myself Now

Ten years ago, I was right where I thought I was supposed to be. Everything...

May 02, 2019

Desperate Donald is Working His Christian Supporters Even Harder by Dropping the “A Bomb”

"The baby is born; the mother meets with the doctor, they take care of the...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Christians Should Be On the Front Lines of Environmentalism-So Why Aren’t We?

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air,...

April 16, 2019

Tiger Woods Stands in the Breach of the American Faith and Political Dilemma

You can't escape the news about Tiger Woods the last few days. He's trending no...

April 13, 2019

My Name is Shane. I’m a Recovering Conservative Christian

THE TWELVE STEPS FOR RECOVERING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS ONE We admitted we were powerless...

April 13, 2019

White Privilege: what it is, what it isn’t, and why so many of us don’t want to talk about it.

Andy and I grew up in a small, all white town in Indiana, smack in...

April 12, 2019

Policies vs. People, the Message Lost in the Pence/Buttigieg Squabble

Pete Buttigieg has cannonballed into the national political pool and made a remarkable splash. I...

April 12, 2019

They Know Not What They Do

My column here is called Empathy Mining. It's an important theme that I try to weave...

April 01, 2019

Conservative Christian, Please Provide us with a Handy Flow Chart of Sins

I've just come from a debate thread on my last article about Pete Buttigieg. In...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Looking for Empathy at the Intersection of Faith and Politics

I wrote an article earlier this week called The First Stone. In that introspective piece, I admitted...

March 18, 2019

If we’re going to spend a bunch of money, let’s actually make a difference.

I haven't delved too far into the details of the Green New Deal, a plan...

March 17, 2019

The First Stone

In the past month, I’ve written a couple of articles that were very widely read....

March 15, 2019

People who do despicable acts of hate keep praising Donald Trump and so do far right Christians

There is a pattern here, a disgusting and wretched pattern. People who commit horrendous acts...

March 13, 2019

Empathy Mining’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles

From time to time, I like to dig back through the Empathy Mining archives and...

March 12, 2019

Donald isn’t looking too good, and I’m not feeling so great myself

I must admit, as I sit down to write this, I'm not exactly sure where...

March 04, 2019

It’s a Wonderful Life: Social Justice Warrior Version

Most everyone is familiar with the classic Christmas movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In that story, the...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

6 Random Thoughts on the Cohen Hearing

I was at work during the Michael Cohen testimony, so I didn't get to watch...

February 17, 2019

The “Sin” of Liberalism

Look at that guy sitting in the pew over there. Who does he think he’s...

February 11, 2019

There Are Some Things for Which I Need to Publicly Thank Donald Trump

Dear President Trump, In the last few years, I've written a lot about you. I'm...

February 10, 2019

White Man’s World

Note: This is the second in a series of articles I'm writing about songs that...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Democrats Need to Pull Their Heads Out of Their Mascots and Focus on a Winning Strategy

Trying to support the Democratic Party can be quite vexing. I believe a progressive political...

January 28, 2019

Politics Isn’t Killing Us, Confirmation Bias Is

This piece was inspired by the reaction to my last one. Last week, I wrote...

January 07, 2019

It’s Time for Elected Officials to Stop Using the Bible to Be Sworn In

It was a big week of change in Washington D.C. The newly elected members of...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

The Last Days of Trump

I'm Indiana born and bred, a Hoosier, through and through. I grew up in the...

November 2018

November 28, 2018

Would Jesus Need a Gas Mask?

"Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" Those words...

November 26, 2018

Is It Time for America to Move to Compulsory Voting?

I was sort of excited at the reports of larger than normal turnouts at the...

November 01, 2018

God, Let the Religious See How They are Being Manipulated for Political Gain

This week, Kanye West took another turn on his recent bizarre path into politics. Perhaps...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Who We Believe Doesn’t Matter, As Long As We Win

As I watch with numbed disbelief the ongoing bizarre events revolving around the Trump administration,...