How faith shaped his life and public service We always remember our first experiences. My first experience to cast a ballot for the president of the United States was in 1976. James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. — an engineer, a former naval officer, a humble
A beacon of hope and a rallying cry for justice Releasing later this month, Dr. Lucas F.W. Wilson’s anthology, Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy, is an urgent and necessary work that sheds light on the dark truths of so-called “conversion therapy” — the
Instead of assuming the best, why do we jump on every flaw? With the increased political and social pressures and threats against LGBTQ+ people these days, it’s not the time to do anything that would discourage leadership. But the fact that criticism of activist leaders
As I was getting ready to close up the church office for the Thanksgiving holiday, the usual raft of pre-holiday, pre-Advent thoughts were running through my mind — mostly centered around the perennial fistful of loose ends that never seem to get tied up in
Did God really change God’s mind? It is time for us to pay attention to what the conservative evangelicals are saying about scripture. It was self-proclaimed evangelicals that led the convicted felon, Donald Trump, to re-election. These evangelicals are funding, directing, and orchestrating the Trump
I have a good friend who dreads the holiday season, saying: “The holidays are upon my a##.” But it’s here anyway with all those upcoming expectations of Norman-Rockwell-print warm, loving, accepting images of Thanksgivings, Hanukkahs, and Christmas celebrations where families gather together to try to
After that election, how are you feeling? As for me, I’ll be processing my feelings for some time to come. I’ve noticed that they parallel the well-known seven stages of grief — shock and disbelief, denial, guilt and bargaining, sadness and regret, and anger. I
Dear Bro, Even at age 65, life remains so interesting, and things manage to keep changing faster than I can keep up. I’ve been reflecting on life a lot lately. Something about being this age and being able to collect Social Security has prompted it.
Elections always bring out the crazies, but this U.S. election cycle has been especially intense and filled with awful crazy stuff, including harmful and dangerous rhetoric. As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, especially if you live in one of the handful of battleground states,
Listen to this article on The Motley Mystic Podcast Spiritual speaker and author Mirabai Starr lost her 14-year-old daughter in a car accident in 2001. Starr describes it as a profound, shattering loss, and anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one —
