With the rise of interactive media, comes the rise of scattershot opinion. One opinion taking a laser guided approach to the bull’s-eye of recent events is that thoughts and prayers are useless in the face of tragedy. Let’s talk about why people express their ‘thoughts and prayers’ and why some would find it necessary to … More Thoughts and Prayers
When the political appointee of the time, Roman Governor Pontius Pilate, sat in the judgement seat to hear the prosecution and defense of Jesus’ case, it was a deliberate public display. The carefully crafted arrest and trial was placed in the public domain, not just as a matter of custom, but also to ensure that … More Public Shaming and Community Justice
Everyone knows that a massacre took place in Florida last week. A teenager, desperate for attention, plotted his crime, armed himself up for a maximum killing, casually walked into his former school building, pulled the fire alarm, blasted as many people as he could and hurriedly exited under the cover of his former classmates. His … More Awaiting Justice in Mourning #Parkland
The cunning and ruthless thing about deception is that you don’t know you are being deceived until you’ve fallen prey to it. It takes someone or something telling you and showing you the truth in order to clearly see deceit. Deception is defined as: “the act of making someone believe something that is not true.” … More An Assault on Freedom
Having never bothered to learn anything about the season of Lent due to my bias of “that’s a Catholic thing”, I decided I would open my mind and take the time to learn a bit of background on the practice of Ash Wednesday, the 40 day journey to Easter and the practical purpose and meaning … More Practicing Lent as a Nondenominational Christian
“The woman kept asking him how he could love her, and Campbell told her it was God’s love that motivated him to stand with her. When she replied that she didn’t think God listened, Campbell said he believed God sent him to her.” #suicide #faith #davioncampbell Kennewick Police Department Good Samaritans stop woman from jumping off bridge KENNEWICK, … More A Faithful Lifesaver
James A. Washington reminds us that as a person matures in their Christian faith, they will hit the walls of temporal power. Temporal walls are built within our family, social groups, community, workplace, government and even our religious based institutions. There is a certain understanding, comfort and malaise in holding temporal walls up; however, Jesus … More A Threat to the System – Be Ready
One thing to keep in mind is that Americans control whether they become a “Post-Christian nation” and I don’t see that happening or demonstrated in the actual town square. I do see it in the virtual world, but we have come to know that what is virtual is just that, virtual/non-realistic and a fallacy of … More America is not a “Post Christian Nation”
On Sunday, during the Grand Lake United Methodist Church Christmas Eve services in Celina, Ohio, Rev. Mick Whistler announced that the congregation would head to Waffle House. “We are going to rock their world,” he said. “We are going to give them the biggest tip I’m sure they have ever received in their life.” Waffle … More Heading to the Waffle House
The Man Who Would Be, and Was, King Not having been raised in any faith, I was completely ignorant of the Bible when, in my mid twenties, I decided to study it. I read it as a young lawyer with no settled preconceptions; it’s fair to say I was skeptical, but not close-minded. It… … More Seeing The Big Picture
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