I don’t pretend to know all there is to know about the health care, or insurance industries. I do know enough to know that it’s confusing and I would prefer to not deal with the whole process. Neither, however, can I accept that a little common sense and fiscal responsibility, ...
Read More »Reconciling Christianity and American Politics
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you (Matthew 28:19-20) Can a nation founded on undeniably Christian principles evolve to an enlightened state absent ...
Read More »Voluntary Engagement Without Verbal Abuse
How do followers of Christ engage in the political environment and avoid the risk of being drawn into the vitriol that now permeates all media formats? Is it even possible? Unlike many, I do enjoy a good debate on important issues and public values. I have no interest, however, in ...
Read More »Serving America Under Fire
On June 13th, one lone gunman targeted Representative Scalise and other members of Congress in broad daylight as they enjoyed a morning practice the day before the annual charity baseball game. Is it the tone of our political discourse which has led us to this point? Perhaps. But beneath the ...
Read More »Fake News and Facebook Politics
When the people of America elected Donald J. Trump as our President, we entered a new era of politics. Not since the fireside chats of President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944 and the first televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960, has new media had such an impact ...
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