Jack was probably one of the most honest church members I ever knew. As far as reaching out to new people was concerned, he was clear on where he stood. I was visiting Jack and his wife, when he asked, “Are you the one that wants to get more people in our church?” Feeling rather […]
Maybe it was because there were two mass shootings last weekend, or the on-going tension in Washington, but the week is bringing out some of the worst in us. One obnoxious tweet begets another even worse tweet from an opponent. The war of tweets gets sensationalized and our anger and resentment grows. Newspaper comment boards […]
How do people reconcile their refusal to consider sensible gun legislation with the carnage in El Paso and Dayton today? Deaths which came on top of a shooting last week at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy CA, a Walmart in South Haven Missouri, Six people dead in Chippewa Falls WI and Thirteen people shot at […]
A woman was furious when she called to complain that I had not visited someone who had been hospitalized. I was confused by her accusations. She refused to either identify herself or tell me who the person was I hadn’t visited. Instead she yelled, “You know! You know who I’m talking about!” But, I didn’t. […]
My best guess is that not everyone shares my expansive view of the Kingdom of God. I read recently that only twenty-five percent of Evangelical Christians believe that we have a moral obligation as a nation to care for immigrants who are coming to our country for refuge. Studying the actual words of Jesus can […]
It has been a difficult week. I’m reminded of the adage that those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Visions of oppressive regimes pop into my head. Chants at a North Carolina Trump Rally echoed the racism of yesterday. “Send her back! Send her back!” It was not a surprising chant, […]
Freddy lived by himself on a part of the same lake I grew up on. He didn’t drive so when winter came, Freddy took advantage of the frozen lake. It cut miles off his walk to town. He was the first to cross the lake in the fall and last to cross in the spring. […]
