Resistance Is Necessary

I spent an hour this afternoon listening to Nichole Wallis, Eddie Glaude, and Pete Budegieg speak about political violence, chaos, Fascism, and today’s news that a man — twice — brought a gun to a state capital with plans to kill that state’s governor. Their question: can we go back to having a respectful government…

Today, the Supreme Court voted to end a section of my dream for America — Affirmative Action, and raced-based help in college admissions. One may, I suppose, see this as bringing the pendulum back to center if you’re a conservative or Republican (and I don’t take those things as the same, but here they might…

As one who has been on the Committee on Ministry numerous times, (the local version of “the people who ordain” for my denomination, the United Church of Christ), I want to step into the fray with the Southern Baptist Church and its understanding of women preachers. You in the SBC can, I suppose, not allow…

First, a mea culpa: I didn’t even know that Mr. Steele had a podcast. I looked on You-Tube for Mary Trump ‘s podcast just after the E. Jean Carroll verdict of her uncle, our former President. I was curious about her response to that verdict. Though what I found wasn’t that, I’m glad I saw…

I’ve been listening to the news for years now, and I’m fascinated/sad/angry by the difference between what Americans, on the whole, believe and what laws, policies, etc. actually look like. First among the controversial issues that the government (judicial, legislative and executive branches) is abortion. While numerous states, courts, and legislators rush to judgement about…

No! No! No! No! And No! The Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature, while I listened to it live on the radio, said ‘You want to cry? We’ll give you something to cry about!’, to the people of Tennessee ! Like any abusive parent, that legislature punished reasonable protest and seems to feel self-satisfied about it.…

“Nothing Unreal Exists” — Spock, in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home “People are entitled to their own opinions. They are not entitled to the their own facts” — Attributed to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, also quoted by Mike Pence in a debate “Legislators behind the Idaho bill said critical race theory “tries to make kids…

There is an article on Yahoo News today about “Why Churches Are Declining in the U.S.” . I hate articles like that. They act like it’s a done deal, that it’s rational, that everyone knows it. For myself, it can’t be a done deal. It’s not rational. At least one of us doesn’t know it.…

I started to type this as my pastor preaches about the Rev. Martin Luther King and the Spirit encourages me to say, “Amen!” to what she says. Scripture has been read from Isaiah in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and is followed by the re-proclamation of that text in the words of John the Baptizer. As…

1) You vote. 2) Somebody wins. It could be the person you voted for. Might not be. 3) Regardless of who wins, that person is supposed to represent you. 4) If you have a problem that the government can solve, you can talk to your elected representative and ask them to consider it. They are…