We Do Love Our Tools
Humans are tool-making and tool-using creatures. Our opposable thumb and finger grasp strength provide the springboard to create and use machines as extensions of our bodies and brains. We are also...
View ArticleCalled and Gifted? How about Called to Circuits?
The blogging world of United Methodist Clergy has exploded recently with the revelation that the Texas Annual Conference is floating a document that appears “ageist” in its suggestions as to who might...
View ArticleMissing Babies, Feral Males, “Smokin’ Hot Wives” and Female Appointments
A little background here before I weave together some threads of thought. Sex Selective Abortions First, look at issue of sex-selective abortions and female infanticide. These are major issues...
View ArticleThe Epic Battle: Message Series Starting This Sunday
“Just think how much good you could do!” Those enticing words also may be some of the most dangerous words around–they can open the door to extraordinary evil, perfectly disguised and cloaked with...
View ArticleThe Sounds of Silence
The words to a Simon and Garfunkle song from my youth have been reverberating in my brain all week as I continue to agonize over the heartbreaking news in community where I live and serve. Remember...
View ArticleWe have a bunch of children leading this country
Democrats are furious, Republicans defiant, it’s a possibility that an egregious act of treason has been committed, but more than that: neither side knows the rules of civil discourse any longer....
View ArticleWhy Do We all Have to Lose Weight? New Year's Rant Time
I suppose it is a silly question: here in the US, we do tend to the avoirdupois body-styles. But still, it is January 4, and I feel like I’m drowning in lose-weight-now TV/Internet/print media. The...
View ArticleI could be brilliant too if . . .
So, Donald, yes that great Republican and ever-so Christian man, is getting ready to be interviewed by the pastor, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Great Faith Ministries International, in Detroit, MI, as...
View ArticleSully–the story behind the story
“We already know the ending–not sure why they made the movie.” I made that comment to my husband as we drove to the press preview for the movie, “Sully.” It goes into wide release this Friday,...
View ArticleDear President Trump: You work for me and I care about your tax returns
An open letter to the 45th President of the United States about his income tax situation. I will put this in the US mail to him. Anyone is free to use or modify my words to do the same. President...
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