(Photo, YouTube) Eighty-one percent of white evangelicals voted for chaos. That chaos isn’t going to be the result of evil intent but something far worse: incompetence and ignorance married to self-blinding ego on a dizzying scale never before seen at a presidential level. White American evangelicals gave up on Jesus coming back to set all to right… to burn gays forever, put black and brown people in their place, to melt Muslims where they stand, to lift good white people... Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric was at times sexist and racist in nature, putting voting blocs like Evangelical Christians in a quandary. Despite their reservations, Evangelical Christians voted for Trump in overwhelming numbers. Writer and filmmaker Frank Schaeffer explains his insights on the apparent cognitive dissonance of Evangelical voters. Schaeffer is the son of famed evangelical theologian, Francis Schaeffer. He eventually turned away from his evangelical roots and his father’s legacy. Today, Schaeffer is one of the country’s most prominent progressive Christian thinkers. He’s... Read more
A favor for a friend: As you maybe know I go to a Greek Orthodox church… I’m lucky it is a loving open community but… trouble is many Orthodox churches are either more like ethnic clubs or overrun with right wing former evangelicals on a Trump-like homophobic, even racist mission… I have a friend in the Chicago area who asks “Please let me know if your contacts know of any truly loving Orthodox (Greek, Russian or other) churches or missions... Read more
(Photo YouTube) Do Not Miss Dave Chappelle on SNL… just days after Trump was elected, the elusive comic returns to television to host “Saturday Night Live,” and offers his hilarious, biting point of view that brought me to tears of gratitude that a great American told a great truth… WATCH “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on politics, religion and the intersection of faith and life– here’s a... Read more
(Photo YouTube) Kate McKinnon returned as Hillary Clinton to give an exquisite tribute rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” on “Saturday Night Live.” And she did it while paying tribute to Cohen who died earlier this week — and using his gorgeous lyrics to reflect the mood of half the nation… and maybe you. WATCH! “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on politics, religion and the intersection of faith... Read more
(Photo YouTube) How did we go from arguably the best president of the last 50 years to arguably the worst human being to ever run for high office in American history becoming Mr. President? God only knows. Be that as it may, I don’t believe that events are as explicable as some people believe. In my experience reality is too hard to manipulate to make it fit any narrative or simple explanation… That said the way we get information these... Read more
Don’t recycle your white trash today, just put it in this basket… Today it is time to take out the white trash: Trump’s “legacy” is vanity, tastelessness, classlessness, men behaving badly and making racism mainstream again. WATCH America has Cancer; His Name is Donald Trump. Hillary is the Chemotherapy. VOTE! #ElectionDay Here’s the Cancer… (All Photos from YouTube) “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on politics, religion and... Read more
(Photo YouTube) Watch as two moderate decent white men (a dying breed?) talk about the election the way we all used to talk about politics—with decency and moderation. Remember what that was like? Remind yourself of what’s been lost in the Trumped un-American 2016 “election” as Mark Shields and David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the death spiral endgame… WATCH “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I’m coming from and my perspective on... Read more
(Photo YouTube) “Saturday Night Live” poked fun at Donald Trump’s relationships with the FBI, Russian president Vladimir Putin and the KKK in its final pre-election show. Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon killed… again but then things got real and serious, and all of a sudden the fun was over and the actors became themselves as they made a historic appeal for a saner and kinder American future… WATCH! “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ P.S. If you want to know a little more about where... Read more
(Photo YouTube) WATCH Bill Maher praise Donald Trump for “the one good thing he did” in this presidential election — exposing evangelicals, as “the shameless hypocrites they’ve always been.” “` “I don’t know if you noticed but Republicans didn’t get to play the ‘Jesus card’ this time around,” said Maher. “It’s hard to bring up the Ten Commandments when your candidate has spent most his life breaking all of them.” “` “He is the world’s least Godly man,” quipped Maher.... Read more
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