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October 2020

October 26, 2020

A Brief History of the Radical Left: A Primer for Conservative Christians

Lately, I’ve heard the term, “The Radical Left”, used more and more often. Through my...

September 2020

September 08, 2020

The Truest Words Donald Trump Ever Spoke

Even a pathological liar, given enough opportunities to speak, will occasionally let the truth slip...

March 2020

March 08, 2020

Born in Simpler Times

Born in Simpler Times March 16, 1967: That’s when I became a U.S....

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Christian Trump Supporter, You Can’t Steal My Faith Away, I’m Now a SPESAC

I think I've finally reached a tipping point. I've been trying to find ways to...

November 2019

November 05, 2019

Conservative Christian, the Bible Should Humble You, Not Make You Feel Superior

There is not a book in the history of the world that has been so...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

I’m Tired, Redeem Me

I'm tired. The last several years have been hard on a lot of us. I'll...

September 20, 2019

An Open Letter to My Haters

A lot of the things I write get shared on some large social media platforms....

September 05, 2019

Deplaned in Phoenix: My first hand story of racism and its repercussions

This story actually happened and I actually witnessed it. I chose to tell it in...

August 2019

August 22, 2019

We Will Never Be What We Claim to Be Until We Face Who We Really Are

Have you heard about the brouhaha over "The 1619 Project" from the New York Times?...

August 21, 2019

President Yo-yo Boomerang

Yo-yos and boomerangs head off in one direction and swiftly return in the opposite direction....

August 19, 2019

Don’t Hate the Sinner, Hate the Way the Sinner Treats Other Sinners

There is a well-worn phrase that conservative Christians like to use as a way to...

July 2019

July 13, 2019

Love is Not a Sin

It's high time for me to come out of the closet. No, I'm not gay,...

July 10, 2019

The Fog of War

It is amazing what kinds of fireworks people can now obtain for personal use. We've...

July 05, 2019

Conservative Christian, Do You Stand with Jesus on Income Inequality?

I know, I know, this is supposed to be the "Empathy Mine". I'm supposed to...

April 2019

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

They Know Not What They Do

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

April 08, 2019

Social Media and the 24-Hour News Cycle is Depressing a Generation

Although it feels like it's been around forever, social media is a very new thing,...

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 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...

February 2019

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 08, 2019

An American Tree

I’ve been here for a long time I couldn’t say how long Time means little...

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...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

What if Donald Trump were _______________?

Let's face it, we have a president that might not be qualified to do most...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

Walking Gingerly Along the Front Lines of the Coming Civil War

At some level, I think everyone can feel it. Likely, many are too afraid to...

July 2018

July 22, 2018

We Need More Mr. Rogers Christians

He was a man of deep Christian faith, an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a Republican....

July 05, 2018

I Went Out to Find America

Like a lot of people, lately I've been struggling with finding optimism about my beloved...