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Courage
An emotional farewell to a courageous lady.
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Immigrants and Strangers
As James K.A. Smith would say in his book, Desiring the Kingdom, everything calls for allegiance. All of life has liturgies all around. Which liturgy will call out for our allegiance and we will respond? We are in the thick of political season in the U.S. Let’s face it, as long as there is a media and as long as…
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Willing to Yield
My wish for the political season as it kicks off: Everyone running for office needs to read the Book of James. Knowing that will not happen, I am still struck by the words compared to the political arena. 17 What of the wisdom from above? First, it is pure, and then peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good actions,…
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Preaching the Prophetic or Preaching the Politics?
Today seems to be a day where a bunch of preachers are going to “climb into their pulpits” and brazenly give their political views. First of all, not too many conservative evangelicals (and that is what they are talking about in this story) “climb into pulpits.” They kind of dance onto a stage, I think. Well, “dance” may not be…
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The Broken (and Rich) Political System
Chuck Colson’s article is well worth reading. I remember during the second bailout a couple of years ago joking around with someone. He asked, “When will I get my share of this bailout?” I replied, “Well, let’s do the math. Did you give huge boatloads of money to either political party?” “No,” he replied. “Then you get nothing. That was…
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The President’s Speech and Economic Theory
In light of the President’s speech last night and all the brouhaha we create over the ideological grenades we lob at each other these days, I thought we should be reminded of most economic theory origins. 😉
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We May Not Agree, But We Need Not Hate
“If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!” (Luke 6:27, NLT) I truly enjoy blogging and exchanging ideas. There are quite a few things I choose not to engage in on this particular blog, though I might give it a swing on Facebook. One reason I…
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We Just Can’t Be Happy
A couple of observations as I watch the wide range of reactions to the huge events of this week. 1. The phrase “If you’re not angry you’re not paying attention” comes to mind. 2. And over against that, as I study for Sunday, the passage from 1 Peter shouts out to me: “You love him even though you have have…
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Breakout
Things are breaking out all over! Now, Iran? The government doesn’t seem to be as “kind” in Iran to protesters as they were in Egypt. Go figure. Again, this is a matter of prayer for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Iran. While revival has been springing up in Iran, so has intense persecution. Remember the Church.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President
Ronald Reagan is the president I best remember growing up. I can vaguely remember Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. I was in junior high when Reagan was elected and followed his presidency the closest. I can remember where I was when I heard the news that he had been shot. I remember those incredible words: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear…
Category: Politics
