(A mere 5 to 6-minute read) Allow me to clarify my regular criticism of Donald Trump and those who can’t get enough of him since he announced his run for president in 2015. It occurred to me that those who think my consistent critique of his moral degeneracy and emotional incompetency makes me guilty of …
Dis-illusioned
I’ve been disillusioned about a bunch of things (and people) over the years. That is, I had an illusion, in some cases even a delusion about something or someone that eventually proved to be illusory, fake, a sham. Spam as meat comes to mind. Professional wrestling also. Products that claim to rid me of baggy …
Salespersons or Tour Guides?
A change of paradigm might serve to improve the effectiveness of our witness. Instead of Gospel salespersons we might better think of ourselves as spiritual “Tour Guides.” It’s not like we’re selling anything and trying to profit from it, anyway. Right? Our job is to share what we’ve found and tell people where they can …
Love Who?
The enemy-love message is not exactly what you’d call “attractional.” Sadly, it’s easier to gather a crowd with the message about a God who blesses our battles and hates our enemies as much as we do. Fear, anger, and hate are more popular than love and more natural to our darker selves. Unrestricted love is …
Waiting for the World to Change
In his first appearance on Fox News, presumably one of many, the recently elected House Speaker Mike Johnson in conversation with Sean Hannity, posited a unique, never considered before, revelation that there’s something wrong with the human heart and that the scourge of mass shootings can be attributed to that unseen wickedness. After the shooting …
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