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A Reminder from President Eisenhower

Month: February 2017

A Reminder from President Eisenhower

Posted on February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by LiberatingWord
I really hate that tomorrow is the first of March. If tomorrow was February 29 it would mean this is a leap year and, therefore, an election year, and there might be some hope for our nation. However,... Read More

To Say Goodbye

Posted on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by LiberatingWord
I recently heard a country song called “To Say Goodbye.” It talks about a woman whose husband left before dawn on a plane that went down on 9/11, and an old man in a nursing home whose wif... Read More

We Can Be Heroes

Posted on February 24, 2017February 23, 2017 by LiberatingWord
Today’s Liberating Word was written by Rev. Claudia Aguilar Rubalcava, Associate Pastor for Justice & Witness at Virginia-Highland Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Sunday after church, I was talk... Read More

A Health Checkup

Posted on February 23, 2017February 22, 2017 by LiberatingWord
I am traveling to St. Louis today to do a “health checkup” with a congregation. It is a good church, and some might wonder why they are having a consultant come in to work with them. The fact that... Read More

Pick One

Posted on February 22, 2017February 21, 2017 by LiberatingWord
Perhaps you thought I’d given up political ranting this week … well, you are almost right. I’ve almost despaired that it is doing any good. That is the terrifying thing. The chaos an... Read More

A Preacher Who Writes

Posted on February 21, 2017February 20, 2017 by LiberatingWord
The first time someone asked me to sign a copy of one of my books I was embarrassed. Even now, I can’t bring myself to call it an “autograph.” I had no idea what I was supposed to wr... Read More

A Temporary Tattoo

Posted on February 20, 2017February 20, 2017 by LiberatingWord
In her book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert writes about her neighbor, a gorgeous, professional woman named Eileen. She is mature and responsible and often gets tattoos. This... Read More

If Not Us?

Posted on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 by LiberatingWord
The only good argument I have against congressional term-limits is that John Lewis is my congressman, and I’d like to keep it that way for as long as possible. He turns 77 next Tuesday, so no on... Read More

Death by Climate Change

Posted on February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 by LiberatingWord
I have been thinking a lot this week about global warming, probably because of my anxiety about the destruction that Scott Pruitt, the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, can do to th... Read More

Escaping Global Warming

Posted on February 14, 2017February 16, 2017 by LiberatingWord
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was nominated to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and, thus, to limit environmental protection in America. He has sued the EPA repeatedly when it ha... Read More
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