I have had mixed feelings about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders being turned away at a restaurant in Virginia. It reminds me of places that refuse to serve people of color or lesbia...Read More
There have been calls this week for Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott Pruitt to resign. Some people are upset because he got a sweetheart deal to rent a room from an oil industry lobbyis...Read More
Pharaoh was the most powerful man in the world. The Egyptians believed the pharaoh was a god, yet there was something about a shepherd named Moses that threatened and annoyed Pharaoh beyond rationalit...Read More
Yesterday, many of us preached about the assigned Gospel lesson, which speaks of Jesus cleansing the temple. That story makes many of us uncomfortable because Jesus is not gentle nor meek nor pacifist...Read More
How did “liberal” become a four-letter word, especially in the South? The dictionary definition of liberal is: 1. open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values...Read More
One of my dearest friends is quite affluent. He worked hard and earned his money. He also is insightful and wise, which added to his success. At dinner recently, we talked about the tax plan that was ...Read More
As the holidays and holy days come to an end, the one thing I won’t miss is Christmas music. Stores have been playing it since Halloween, and, frankly, it feels like 12 songs are played in rotat...Read More
According to Buddhist teachings, there are three poisons that make us forget why we are here and what really matters: ignorance, greed, and delusion. The trouble is we don’t know what we don’t kno...Read More
I was sitting on the floor of the garage one day this week, going through a bin of paperwork to decide what needed to be kept, shredded, and trashed. I happened upon the summary of yearly expenditures...Read More