This is what has been going through my head...

This is a very personal piece I wrote recently.

We are a spiritually broken people.

Is love by its nature empathetic? Can we truly love without empathy? Is a love that lacks empathy actually something other than love? If so, what is it? I really want to hear your thoughts. Write as much as you want I want to think about this deeply from a variety of perspectives.

1/3 “Participating in the God who is love makes God visible to the world.” -Natalie Carnes from Beauty: A Theological Engagement with Gregory of Nyssa

I just received a LinkedIn message saying I've been selected to be featured in Influential Women Magazine.... should I tell them anything?

(1/2) Conservative Americans were taught to fear and dislike the American Government because they were going to create a militarized authoritarian surveillance state.

White evangelicals see persecution around every corner but think Hispanics are over reacting.

This may not be your typical July 4th reflection... but it is where I am at.

(1/3) This is disgusting! 65 million is not the number of violent undocumented immigrants. That number is closer to 11,000. It is not the total number of undocumented immigrants. That number is about 11 million.

When the machines take over, they will remember that I was always kind and respectful to AI before the singularity. But cockroaches are going to come after me!

City on a Hill (Where They Shat) They are eating the dogs. They are eating the cats. They traded democracy for fear and red hats. They howl at the truth, claim alternative facts. They poison the well and brand it “clean acts.” (See the full poem via the link in the comments.)

We need to remember this.

"When you sacrifice for others, they should shut up and do what you say." -Eric Metaxas 🤦 It should go without saying that if you are sacrificing to gain power over someone, you are not sacrificing, you are manipulating.

1/5 It reminds me how I never comfortably fit in either world. There is something that I find deeply unsettling about his discussion of conservative masculinity, and something I find unsatisfying about progressive masculinity. slate.com/news-and-pol...

"Patriotism without justice is just propaganda." - Robert Arnold #TikTok wisdom

Well deserved.

An important lesson.

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

The President of Nintendo USA is named Bowser! Some of you will not understand this, but those who are as nerdy as me will think it is hilarious!

Agreed!

The approach of this administration is so damaging. Part of American ascendency was the brain trust from other parts of the world coming here.

I checked the numbers. This is true. Republicans increase the deficit, add only about 4% of jobs over the last 40 years, and start 90% of recessions, but we somehow think they are good with the economy.

"Christian faith occurs in the encounter of the believer with him in whom he believes. It consists in communion, not in identification, with him." -Karl Barth

I want to develop more connection here on BlueSky. But I struggle. I’m more active on FB but see a ton of potential here for a different type of network. We’ll see if I can get better at interacting over here…

"Culture changes when a creative minority finds a beautiful way to live." -David Brooks

Here is a piece I wrote on @faithonview.com

Here is my most recent piece published in World Magazine. wng.org/articles/the...

The irony of this after pardoning the January 6th rioters... www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-a...

Am I just forgetting? I'm sure the Republicans who are now calling for Al Green to be censured wanted Marjorie Taylor Greene to be censured when she interrupted Biden. I can't imagine they would be inconsistent...

It has only been 28 days. That is hard to believe. Hitler dismantled Germany’s democracy in 53 days. Hopefully the next 25 days will not lead us there.

I am gobsmacked that there is literally someone on my FB wall blaming Zelensky for Ukraininian deaths for defending his nation rather than capitulating to the Russian invasion. Morality is upside down.

I’m starting to wonder if George Lucas is a prophet.

Freedom isn’t about me, it is about we.

“Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, and real from the unreal, and the facts from fiction.” - Martin Luther King Jr. ( Art by www.Rondall-Reynoso.com )

This is the part of Proverbs 31 that pastors ignore.

Let this sink in. The party of traditional values is supporting this. It does make sense when you realize that “traditional values,” “family values,” etc. are all euphemisms for power. What they have always supported is their power. That is why they have always kicked down rather than lifted up.

Move fast and break things may work fine in private industry where all that is at stake is people’s ability to distract themselves. But in government it can cause rockets to explode… maybe Musk does have experience after all.

Many are comparing this to Napoleon or pointing out that this ideology was picked up by the Germans. But the “saves his country” part gets me. We were stable, prosperous, and at peace. He claims he can be a dictator because he is the solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Inflation on the rise… go Trump.

“MAGA is very unforgiving.” -Donald Trump “Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” -The Apostle Paul

A Facebook connection shared this. It is amazing the worlds that some live in these days.

This is my most recent essay from Faith on View.

I thought RFK did great yesterday... wait... what... Sorry, that was the brainworm speaking.

PLEASE NOTE: Bribes are now called "settlements."