PATRIOTISM IS EASY; DEMOCRACY IS HARD
NOTE: I begin by referring you to Barbara Wendland’s current CONNECTIONS, the December Issue. If you care about The Christian Church, you really do not want to miss it. Patriotism People say, “Don’t you loveRead more
Jesus Was NOT Polite!
Apparently Jesus was not polite; nor was he nice. Hmmm. What would our mothers say? Professor Daniel C. Maguire, Jesuit ethicist at Marquette University, and writer for Religion Dispatches, draws a bead on the currentRead more
Sending Up Flares
Clarissa Pinkola Estes is a WOMAN AMONG WOMEN. Imagine devoting your life to the day-in-day-out challenge of healing the incapacitated, severely injured “cast away” children, “shell shocked” (PTSD) veterans, families, and civilian individuals; individuals whoRead more
I want to be a Generation Z!
Hey y’all! It’s finally happening! It may have ignited in the 60’s, but it has taken 2 more generations of breeding to produce a generation of awareness, acceptance of others, open-heartedness, and critical thinkers. Finally,Read more
SHAKE IT UP, BABY!
Well, well … A new princess is in the making! Prince Harris is shaking up the castle like a wet dog after a bath! And “the royal great-grandma” said, OK! Prince Harry’s girlfriend is notRead more
Overthrowing Plutocrats
What lies at the heart of social violence? Peter Laarman is a United Church of Christ minister and activist who recently retired as executive director of Progressive Christians Uniting in Los Angeles. He remains involvedRead more
Pope of the NFL?
Who determines the meaning of symbols? Roman Catholics and Episcopalians have been kneeling in reverence for centuries. The Religious News Services offers an article that recently appeared in “The American Catholic.” Thomas Reese, in hisRead more