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August 2017

August 21, 2017

Symptoms Change, Flare Up and Recede, but the Disease Remains the Same

My wife and I had an argument last night. We don't talk often about politics...

August 19, 2017

Blessed are the Peacemakers–a Message for the Resistance

Photo: Washington Star-Bernie Boston (1967) When you see them, it is easy to let rage...

August 18, 2017

The Message about Racism that I Took from a Movie You Probably Didn’t See

Sometime in late 2015, I began to hear a buzz about a Civil War movie...

August 16, 2017

Taking on the Sticky Topic of Removing Confederate Monuments.

The issue on the surface of the terrible events in Charlottesville, Virginia is nothing...

August 15, 2017

Charlottesville, Kaepernick, and the Ongoing Battle for the Constitution

As I watch our nation continue to struggle with our racial problems, the biggest part...

August 13, 2017

Dear Consevative Christian Friends, Can We Talk About Charlottesville?

Dear Conservative Christian Friends, We need to talk about Charlottesville, Virginia. You need to hear...

August 11, 2017

Hitching Our Wagons to Madmen–A Prayer for Sanity

...for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Sure, the N.R.A. is a joke, but guns don’t kill people, lack of empathy does

There are things about me that don't fit the mold of someone you'd expect to...

July 26, 2017

The Liberty Bell Curve: It’s Time for Centrists to Act

It's been said that we live in a post-truth nation wherein emotion trumps logic and...

July 19, 2017

America’s disease lurks and seethes in comment threads

I have a love/hate relationship with social media. For better or worse, if I'm honest,...

July 16, 2017

Master Moves Made by the Far-Right Have Dominated the Game

Politics is a chess game--a cold-blooded, high-stakes, winner-takes-all game. For the past few years, the...

July 11, 2017

Indoctrination Games: The Ongoing Battle for Control of the Historical Narrative

A friend recently sent me a link to an article in a Philadelphia-based website--ironic that...

July 09, 2017

Left Undone

Most merciful God, I confess that I am by nature sinful and unclean. I have...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Christian Trump Supporter, Can You See the Emperor Has No Fruits?

Photo Credit: Conservative Daily News Conservative Christian who still supports President Trump, I am going...

June 27, 2017

The Liberating Power in the Potential of Wrongness–Making Room for Empathy

A smart man might firmly believe he is right. A wise man understands that he...

June 22, 2017

Islands of Blue

If you follow American politics at all, you are familiar with maps like the one...

June 19, 2017

Looking for Facts in the Wilderness of Truth Kudzu

Kudzu is an invasive vine that was introduced to the Southeastern U.S., in part,...

June 18, 2017

To my daughter, with love, on Fathers’ Day

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. John...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

When the Right Gets it Wrong–Losing the Message of Christ

As the presidency of Donald Trump continues to spiral in troubling circles of bizarreness, some...

May 28, 2017

Old Tools, Old Men, and Legacy

I thought about you a lot today. It was a pretty grueling yardwork day at...

May 27, 2017

Is Betsy DeVos Ushering in a New Age of Segregation?

It's no secret that President Trump is a big proponent of school choice and vouchers....

May 21, 2017

Should we take down Confederate monuments? It may be more complex than it seems.

Recently, New Orleans has been in the news for the controversial efforts, led by Mayor...

May 15, 2017

This Little Light of Mine

For anyone who grew up in a church-going household, it is likely one of the...

May 12, 2017

Dear Hillary

Dear Hillary, You should sit down for this, there are some things that need to...

May 01, 2017

On Game Changers and Changers of the Game

The world needs game changers. Game changers bring a new energy to a problem. They...

April 2017

April 02, 2017

John 11:35

It is, famously, the shortest verse in the Bible, two simple words--Jesus wept. You wouldn't...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

The Trauma Beneath the Drama

I had a trauma-free upbringing. As I think back upon my childhood, I can't recall...

February 04, 2017

Dealing with Demons at Monticello

All of us have flaws that we try to mask from others. Nobody wants to...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Confessions of a Constitutional Christian–Erring on the Side of Love

I come from a long line of Christians. I grew up in what, in most...

January 24, 2017

The Message of the Marchers

Donald J. Trump took the oath of office and was inaugurated as the 45th President...