Leave It Where They Founded It

The Save Act is a law designed for a problem that doesn’t exist It will fail—I hope—and should. The attempt to move the Constitutional vesting of elections from the states to a federally controlled process is dangerous and unnecessary. I have been hearing accusations of voter fraud since I first voted in 1972, and I have lived in six states since then. It was usually in conversations after an election, or when someone was angry about the world changing. But the nearest thing I see to it is sports fans on social media after their team loses. It is passionate, … Continue reading Leave It Where They Founded It

Love, Justice, and Perseverance

I read an excellent post this morning from Rich Havard, who was in our congregation as a student and now works in community building and social change in his adult life. It is an excellent piece about the struggles of being a person who is intentional in his spiritual journey working in a real world where sometimes there is puzzlement or antipathy toward the notion. He asked, “What place do spirituality and love have in the quest for a just world?” He spurred me to think about it. It’s an excellent piece I commend for your thinking. In his book, … Continue reading Love, Justice, and Perseverance