I remember the first time I heard Kremlin propaganda cloaked in a ‘Thus saith the Lord’. This was before Trump was elected in 2016 and I recall musing at the time that the Russians had now hacked into the language of the Christian Right. The American evangelical community, not known to be gifted much in … More We do NOT need a Revival

This is the third and most important in the series of a trilogy on the kinds of conversations I would like to have. The preceding being Creative Conversations and Cool Conversations. Closure is perhaps the greatest need we have in life, as recently confirmed to me in my process of grief following the death of … More Conclusive Conversations

How were the fortified city walls penetrated so easily? So strategically positioned and internally resourced was she, Zion was considered impregnable. Surrounded by David’s troops, the inhabitants were not even slightly alarmed. In fact, they dared him to try, with taunts that even the blind and cripple could successfully repel any advance he might attempt. … More Breach

(dedicated to the memory of George Floyd) “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” The problem with the lofty concept of nationhood is that it requires the … More We the people

Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian Francis Fitzgerald’s classic The Evangelicals:: The Struggle to Shape America offers penetrating insight into the what I almost  called ‘marriage’ (except  that there is nothing honorable in this racist-powered, hell conceived,  merger of political  convenience   …. the more  Biblical   term is  ‘fornication’,  as  aptly  demonstrated by one of … More Racial Reconciliation and church leadershiplessness

Season’s greetings to all the readers of my blog, and I trust that everyone has not only enjoyed the season but also utilized the time in strengthening familial bonds and renewal of spirit in commitment to those things that honor and glorify God. For all the mass profaning of the Name of God in our … More How excellent is Thy Name in all the earth

I wish I were wiser, but even after my last blog, I have found myself fascinated with the utterances of the crew: Lance Walnau, Dutch Sheets, Bill Johnson et al….and as mentioned previously, the institutionalist, Pat Robertson has officially dropped out of the race, but the spirits of Lance, Dutch and others haven’t seemed to … More The Incumbent

I listened to American Vice President Elect Biden’s speech tonight after the affirmation of his win by the electoral college. His reiteration of the series of events leading up to that moment, as commonly known as it is, puts into stark relief the sheer lunacy and hostility of the positions of the Hank Hunnemans, Dutch … More The voices you listen to

Ezekiel 9 As morally questionable as is the whole idea of seeking to subvert the electoral processes of a fraternal government, its agencies or interested parties be they religious, corporate or political; and overturn or influence its results, by whatever means natural or spiritual, and by what ever agency, internal or external, its not the … More Measuring and Marking

“Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matth10:34 Judgement – If you don’t have it, you will get it …. eventually. That’s no cockamamie statement of perennial optimism. What is meant is if you refuse to learn judgment, it … More Judgment