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October 2018

October 01, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh’s Trashed Life: Who Did The Damage?

So, to get back to Brett Kavanaugh's trashed life: if it does go down in...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

NOW is the Moment, UMC: Will You Stop the Evangelical Takeover?

Yes, there is something profoundly wrong at the heart of The United Methodist Church. And...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

An Obvious ****hole Country: Don’t Accept Immigrants From This Place

Warning: Don't accept immigrants from this ****hole country. They have untreated parasitic infections, a high...

December 2017

December 16, 2017

Banned Words And Mein Führer Trump #THISMUSTSTOP

Yes, it is with a great sense of entitlement that Mein Führer Donald Trump has...

December 13, 2017

Why Do Christian Women Vote For Sexual Predators? It’s What They Know

I was chatting with a friend of mine early today and asked why women so...

December 04, 2017

All Eyes On Alabama: The Outcome Will Decide if Christianity is Bankrupt

The marriage of religion and politics, long in the making, has possibly corrupted beyond redemption...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Sex and Money Drive the Political Process and Christians Cheer

Sex and money: the major players in any corrupt decision-making process. The GOP, now publically...

November 02, 2017

If Donald Trump Had Been an Honorable Man . . .

If Donald Trump had been an honorable man, he would have been exactly what the...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

Brilliant and Cruel: the GOP Push to Kill the Unfit and Non-Productive

I'm afraid of being found permanently unfit and so non-productive as to have no value....

August 2017

August 16, 2017

President Trump’s Religious Advisory Council Stands Firmly With Him

Correction: I included James McDonald as a member of this Advisory Council. I was wrong:...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

Putin, Russia, U.S. Sanctions, Adoptions, and Trump

Russia's main hope for economic survival is the release from US sanctions. "Adoptions" is code...

July 06, 2017

Never again, Auschwicz: Do Not Be Fooled–It Could Happen Here

Do not ever think that we, too, couldn't have our Auschwitz. All it takes is...

April 2017

April 17, 2017

Dear President Trump: You work for me and I care about your tax returns

An open letter to the 45th President of the United States about his income tax...

April 17, 2017

When women finally get fed up, stuff happens

When women finally say, "I'm not going to let these guys continue to ruin my...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

Liars, lies, webs of lies, and more lies: time for truth

"Our president is a liar, and we need to find out how serious his latest...

March 08, 2017

Help! Is there any real truth in a world of “alternative facts”?

When I speak a “truth” that makes me look better and others look worse, the...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

(President) Bannon anticipates war with China: an idealist’s response

Yes, I am an idealist, and think we need to stop fighting one another except...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

The year everything broke

All of us live in the tensions between creation and re-creation. Nothing is stasis or...

January 23, 2017

My name is “Christy” and I DID march

My name is Christy. And I did march. That other "Christy" gets to stay home...

January 22, 2017

Musings on the march: DJT, the people speak

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is...

January 20, 2017

Sixteen tons and deeper in debt: reflections on the DJT anointing

The theological/anointing/savior themes and subtext leaped from the radio to my ears. "I didn't watch...

January 16, 2017

The conservative longing for a dictatorship

At our core, we want a "savior" who can fix things. In this case, it...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

The State of Texas: disabled children to stay disabled

This article is republished with permission from The Texas Tribune, a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization...

December 05, 2016

I am a dangerous woman: a fight against unbridled capitalism

I want to be a dangerous woman. I made that decision after reading this opinion...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

Ask the Thoughtful Pastor: Are unborn children without sin?

Are unborn children without sin? The answer to this question has a lot of implications...

November 07, 2016

The election is now here: a live blog for this politically–mixed couple

"Nobody really knows what the hell will happen with this election." My "anyone but Hillary"...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Religious women: I remind you again–you don’t HAVE to vote for Donald

For some time, I have been chronicling the political conversations and challenges of our "when...

October 26, 2016

Voting edition of “When an ‘anyone but Hillary’ is married to an ‘anyone but Donald'”

We have both voted. My husband did his early voting at the local fire station....

September 2016

September 29, 2016

The strong woman problem for Evangelicals and Republicans

How do leading republicans feel about women? Try this one on for size: During the...

September 27, 2016

Post debate musings of a policially-mixed couple

First, this article sums it all up: The world is still almost irredeemably sexist. Anything Hillary...

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