What Do They Have in Common? “Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” Wendell Berry The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. Proverbs 29:7 I offer these brief thoughts as sort of an addendum to my previous posts called, “What Should …
A Kinder-Gentler Donald Trump
I’d like to reverse my position on Donald Trump, who has undergone a “conversion” of sorts. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it but he’s a different man since he hired his most recent campaign staff. He displays a clear softening of his former bravado-laden rhetoric and a much more humane approach lately. Let me …
Jesus For President!
On Facebook I posted a document crafted by fifty-five Christian leaders on why Donald Trump is not a good candidate for president. I received a record number of responses, most of them negative. So I decided, rather than to respond at length on Facebook, to share some of my thoughts here. I admit that I’m …
DTs and the Presidential Campaign
Six months ago when it seemed that the presidential race rhetoric couldn’t get any more out of balance I posted a two-parter called: “The Beauty of Balance.” I couldn’t have imagined that it was only the beginning of our country’s out-of-whackness. When the rhetoric of presidential candidates (and the pundits thereof) morphed into childish name-calling …
Christians at the Border (Part 1 of 3)
"We're building a wall. Nobody's going through my wall. Trump builds walls. I build walls." I’ve written about immigration in the past but in light of current conversations among presidential candidates along with the rhetoric bouncing back and forth in the media about “illegals” replete with pejorative labels like “Anchor babies” and other offensive racial …
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