I am hard on myself during the holidays. I am certain there are a multitude of reasons: stress, lots of "togetherness," the internal and external pressure to pull it all off, cooking, cleaning, shopping ... So this morning before my family starts to gather I sat quietly in God's presence and asked for wisdom. This […]
After a long and contentious political season it is good to pause for a moment, take a deep, deep breath and ponder the things for which we are grateful. Here is my list today: 1. I am grateful to live in a land that is not torn asunder by war. And every day I must […]
"Men never sin more grievously than when they act from religious motives." (Blaise Pascal)
My Dad sent me this one-phrase text yesterday: "Truth forever on the scaffold*, wrong forever on the throne." He said it was from an old hymn. I say, no Dad ... This is prophetic. No Dad ... This is Kingdom-of-God-kind-of-true. Truth executed publicly. Wrong sitting proudly on the throne. Amen. (*A scaffold is a raised […]
In honor of my friend Randy Reese, whose too-short life is being celebrated today, some words from one of my favorite friends I've never met: "One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least […]
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and […]
