I don’t know what it is about the holidays. All I know is that the family alcoholics/drug addicts cannot stand the happiness that might happen at this time of the year. So, they rouse themselves from their self-absorption and go to work, manufacturing crises and doing everything in their power to pull the rest of the family into the traumas of their own devising. They won’t stop until you stop them, or until they’ve made such a mess of... Read more
To join the discussion about Gay and Catholic, or to order a copy, go here. I know a lot of people who are gay and Catholic, on both sides of the altar. Contrary to the media yammerings, being Gay and Catholic is something of a commonplace. I’ve never personally known someone who was Catholic and gay who hated the Church the way that we hear they should. What I have seen is a number of people who are doing just... Read more
Gwin Faulconer Lippert, a reporter at KTOK Radio, a local station here in Oklahoma City, did this interview with me last night. It’s a retrospective on my career in the legislature, which ends officially tomorrow. I plan on taking my family out for Pizza at the Hideaway restaurant here in OKC. Just us. It’s about personal family memories. I woke up this morning, thinking “this is my last day in office.” It kind of got to me. Then I... Read more
November 12, 2014 Human Rights / Social Justice Advocate Leaving Legislature After 18 Years OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton retires from the Legislature next week after 18 years of service during which she exhibited a bulldog’s tenacity on social issues such as abortion, domestic violence, abuse/protection of the elderly, and human trafficking. “Throughout my legislative career I tried to do things that would give people a sense of hope and a brighter future,” the Oklahoma... Read more
If you do not eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you will no have life within you. Jesus Christ The Eucharist was a scandal. Many of Jesus’ followers left Him when He explicitly told them I am the bread of life. It is popular today to cast Jesus as a Casper Milquetoast god thingy of our devising. According to popular cant, Jesus’ sole purpose in becoming human was to tell us that, hey, I’m ok and you’re ok.... Read more
From what I gather, I’m doing this retreat so wrong that it hardly qualifies as a retreat. I think I’m supposed to go sit in a room and keep silence, waiting for God to speak to me. But, to be honest, if I went off in a room and kept silence for days at a time, I would probably sleep for a couple of days and then start trying to dig a tunnel through the floor. It’s just not me.... Read more
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God from the beginning and through Him all things were made … in Him was life, and that life was the light of all humanity. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can not overcome it. The vicious tyranny of Communist atheism in China has proven to be fertile ground for Christian conversion. Jesus is the Light, shining in... Read more
The harvest is ripe, but the workers are few. Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send more workers into His fields. Jesus Christ Read more
Dear friends. Don’t take that as an indifferent salutation. Take it as a heartfelt greeting. Dear friends, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. I need a break from writing about ISIS/Ebola/Politics. I need to spend time with Jesus. I’m going to review the book I’ve been using for my do-it-yourself retreat in a couple of days. But I want to talk about one thing it mentioned and my reaction to it now. The book is titled Consoling the Heart of... Read more
Christians are builders, educators, healers, givers. Unlike the philosophies of fatalism and death which are so popular today, Christianity brings love, life and hope. The difference is Jesus. Read more
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