Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • “Being righteous” is out… “FEELING righteous” is in

    Founder of Fox News, Roger Ailes, famously said, “People don’t want to be informed; they want to feel informed.” Likewise, today’s culture warring evangelicals don’t want to be righteous; they want to feel righteous. And they will abundantly reward any politician, cable news personality, pastor, or pundit who supplies this feeling. Christian Nationalism, and its… Read more

  • This is not how you play the game

    I listened to Russell Moore’s latest book, Losing Our Religion, on Audible and needed to get the hard copy to go over again all he laid out. With Russell Moore and Beth Moore (no relation to each other) there are two journeys on a bigger scale… far bigger… than mine. Yet, their position in church… Read more

  • Lone gunman? Hardly

    Another mass shooting we “can’t do anything about.” Another racist motivation. But… another “lone gunman”? When are we going to wake up? A mass shooting in Jacksonville, FL over the weekend was again motivated by racial hatred. How do we know? The shooter left his manifestos before shooting up a Dollar General, killing three, and… Read more

  • The further abuses of our false “national religion”

    The Party of Trump… excuse me, the “Republican Party”… debate last week was only something that was worth watching clips that were entirely predictable. The sad scene of almost every candidate raising their hand to say they would potentially support a convicted felon who orchestrated an attempted coup if he were the party’s nominee in… Read more

  • Politics as religion is ugly

    We’ve replaced Christianity and other clearly defined religions with the hologram of politics. Within so many white Christian contexts (“right” or “left”) we simply want to “worship” with people who think like us… politically. (We call it “theologically,” but let’s be real.) David French raises the warning yet again in this piece. We don’t just… Read more

  • Oh Give Thanks — Worship Song

    This video was shot in the town where I live. Wendell’s music is incredibly soulful. Enjoy. Read more

  • National Religion

    I am making my way through the Old Testament and have come to the end of 2 Kings. In Chapter 22-23 there is the story of Josiah, who became king of Judah when he was only 8 years old. When he was 18, he issued an order that the Temple be restored. In the cleaning… Read more

  • Here is Love — Worship Song

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  • On the road — the reminders

    We finished our long road trip and the time to reflect needs to wash over me. There were certainly so many FUN moments. There were SIGNIFICANT moments and conversations. There were REMINDERS as well. Read more

  • My hopeful testimony

    If there is anything I truly hope to be said of me in my “last third living” it is this: 2 Kings 18:6 (NIV): He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him… It’s all I have. HE is all I have. From here on out, all I do is cling to… Read more