This is a repost from several years ago, but as our nation's presidential election draws closer, I feel compelled to post this again as a reminder ... ******************* In the Old Testament, a trio of people are often cited as deserving special protections from God and God’s people … The fatherless, the widow, the orphan. […]

I have been - like most of us - thinking about the political climate in our country and bemoaning the lack of civility, the name-calling, the lies. I yearn for the day of honest policy disagreement, of debates of substance, of politicians of honor and integrity. Sigh … I think about populism and how it […]