A Socio-Political Blog
Last Sunday before church a couple of parishioners were seated in the back. We are a small congregation and we all know each other but on this day they seemed a little shy. The woman had abrasions all over her face. Her partner quickly informed me “It wasn’t me!” as I was obviously concerned. We…
The weather is turning cold and my thoughts turn to those who do not have the security of a warm home. Locally, there is good news to report as thoughtful citizens have joined with the Hospitality House to open a new warming center that can give more homeless citizens some shelter from the brutal elements…
The other day I commented under a post that stated: “Taylor Swift should be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Paul McCartney as the greatest songwriters of the last 100 years.” I replied on the thread: “I like Taylor Swift (due to her recent socio-political stances and the fact that…
There was a Trump rally in Waterloo, Iowa yesterday. To no one’s surprise, I did not attend. I did read a couple of articles about it, however, to get a sense of what his supporters have to say. It is inconceivable to me that any sentient human being could possibly view Donald Trump as anything but…
Theologian, A H Strong, defined the human will as “the soul’s power to choose between motives and to direct its subsequent activity according to the motive thus chosen.” No better description of service could be written. That reflection strengthens our purpose; the convergence of ideas and motives reveal what kind of a servant we are.…
(This was a keynote speech to students at the UNI 2023 Harvest Conference) I’m here to start a revolution! Who’s with me? I AM here to start a revolution. A revolution of ideas. It is a revolution that will start small but could grow into a cultural phenomenon. It is a revolution born from collaboration, cooperation and kindness.…
‘Strange days, indeed” sang John Lennon in what would be his last musical statement in 1980. Yoko Ono said after Lennon’s murder that “John felt the world had lost its course.” We’ve circled the sun 43 times since, and his prophetic words seem to resonate even more today. These are, indeed, strange days. I thought…
Republican candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, has released his “10 Commandments “ of Truth that will surely appeal to conservative voters. Ramaswamy’s TRUTH: Here we go… 1)God is real. To whomever so wishes to believe. The Constitution protects that, as well as the belief that God is not real or no more than a figment of organized…
A popular comment among Republicans I know is: “I don’t like Trump as a person and I don’t like the way he talks, but he did great things for our country.” It’s a way of absolving themselves from aligning with a horrible human being and still feel good about supporting that horrible human being. So, the question…
200 years is a long time to keep anything going. Consider the world 200 years ago and you won’t find much that resembles the world today; not in the United States, anyway. 211 years ago the War of 1812 rocked our newly won sovereignty to its core as residual resentments between our Union and Britain…