Change and LIkeability
I’ve been watching the political campaigns with a great deal of interest. I know our political system is cumbersome, expensive, tedious, complex and not overly fair. Nonetheless, it is free and open...
View ArticleReligion and Immigration
It’s time to talk politics. As a pastor, and as one who fully respects the separation of church and state, I will not endorse a particular political candidate. I will say, however, that one’s...
View ArticleMemories and the Hope of Healing
As this brutal and oppressive summer finally winds down, I head outside to assess the shrubs, flowers and grass. Much of it is damaged. Much is beyond repair. It will be a big job to change it, but it...
View ArticleIn Heaven As It Is On Earth
I wish I could get it across that what Jesus lived and taught has almost no relationship with the “hate-ianity” that masquerades as Christianity across the press, airways and religious institutions...
View Article"Trumpian" or Christian?
It has been announced: The Donald isn’t going to show up for the January 28 Republican debate because he doesn’t like Megyn Kelly and her, “I’m going to keep you accountable for your sexist remarks”...
View ArticleWhen an “anyone but Donald” is married to an “anyone but Hilary,” part two
Part one of the saga of two people with radically different political views can be found here. We are not talking much about politics these days. I look at the stuff slanted my way; he looks at the...
View ArticleWhen I was a young, naive Christian, I thought . . .
When I was a young, naive Christian . . . I thought that Christian people fought for integrity and truth. And then I discovered US politics and that money given to “Christian” organizations buys...
View ArticleAsk the Thoughtful Pastor: Can I use the Bible to convince my friends to vote...
Dear Thoughtful Pastor: Religion has a very unifying effect on its followers. Is it even possible to separate religion and politics (that govern our everyday lives)? The Bible is used to justify...
View ArticleForty Years Ago I Would Have Demanded the Present “Me” to Recant
Forty years ago, I would have called the present “me” a heretic and demanded that the present “me” recant or be expelled. Forty years ago, I would have burned the present “me” at the stake. Forty years...
View ArticleTeach Your Daughter About Her Physicality and Her Responsibility
What is it about us fecund beings and tiny humans that encourages such disdain, dislike, and outright abuse? It makes no sense to punish women and children. I don’t know the why. But I do know the...
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