Our Churches Put the Billionaires in Power

Last updated on: February 6, 2025 at 8:12 am By Rebecca Hamilton

November 5, 2024 was a watershed election. Historians will look back on this pivotal moment and rehash it for generations to come. Pundits and podcasters have worked themselves into a lather “explaining” why so many Americans voted to be ruled by greed-driven billionaires, liars, traitors, sexual predators and kings. The finger-pointing and blame-assessing has gone on for weeks. I’ve heard one fantastical explanation after another. In all this talking, theorizing, nit-picking, accusing, abusing and excusing, I have not heard one... Read more

Without Justice in the Courts, Vigilante Law Is Inevitable.

Last updated on: January 10, 2025 at 4:06 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

It appears that the laws of this land only apply to you and me. Quite a number of America’s billionaires are in the process of demonstrating to the world that they serve no god except their own greed, and obey no law other than their own cruelty. It appears that they see America, the country that gave them everything they have, as something for their greed to bleed dry. As for you and me; it appears that we are just... Read more

If You Follow the Devil, You Belong to the Devil.

Last updated on: February 6, 2025 at 9:25 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I don’t say this about every politician, but I have no doubt that Jimmy Carter was welcomed home to heaven. The first thing I thought when I heard he had died, was “I’m glad for him.” I think he went straight into the light and love that is God. I think he heard the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Jimmy Carter did many good things during his long life. His Camp David Accord achieved the only lasting peace... Read more

Olympics Tableau Intended to Bait Christians. It Worked.

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 9:00 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Christians who enjoy being outraged have found another target for their hysterics. This year’s Olympics used a tableau in the opening ceremonies that looked like a debauched version of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper. The official “explanation” is that this tableau is actually a depiction of a Bacchanalian revel that just coincidentally resembles da Vinci’s painting. I have no idea why a bacchanal with its emphasis on excess and debauchery, would be appropriate for the opening of... Read more

Trust Jesus in Chaotic Times.

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:57 am By Rebecca Hamilton

“He rebuked the wind and said to the waves, Peace. Be still. Suddenly the wind stopped and there was a great calm. Then He asked them Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? Mark 4: 38-40 My boys loved it when I read the story of Jesus calming the sea to them when they were little. We would stand up and say “the waves went up!!” then drop to our seats and say “the waves went down!!.”... Read more

The USCCB Scoreboard Reads: Lions 7, Christians 0

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 10:29 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Looking at America’s Catholic bishops from far outside and with zero insider information, I can say that they appear to be split into two camps. One camp, the ascendant and apparently controlling group, are the buddies — dare I say operatives? — of extremist billionaires. You might call them the lions. The other camp, the gobsmacked, blithering, can’t-quite-figure-out-that-they-are-nose-to-nose-with-evil-incarnate group, are the bishops who still think that the 10 Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes are, well, commandments... Read more

The Real Sacred Heart is Not Pretty. But it is Everything.

Last updated on: November 11, 2024 at 2:25 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

One of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. John 19: 34 I can’t provide an erudite theological understanding of the Sacred Heart. In fact, the Sacred Heart as a concept has always confused me. I know that Jesus’ heart was pierced by a soldier’s sword after He died on the Cross and a mixture of blood and water flowed out of it. I have read that this break down of blood... Read more

Pray for Biden and all Parents with Drug Addicted Children

Last updated on: November 11, 2024 at 2:26 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

You don’t have to agree with Joe Biden’s politics to feel compassion for him as he faces another tragedy in his life. In this day and age, so many of us can recognize our own family in the tragedy of drug addiction which overtook his son Hunter. Many of us have known the suffering of watching someone we love get sucked down the hole of that raw evil. I have watched helplessly while someone I love destroyed their life with... Read more

Jesus Died for You.

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 11:03 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” Jesus Christ Jesus gave the Apostles an explicit mission statement. Go. Make disciples of ALL nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the... Read more

Ascension Day: When Jesus Began Working from Home

Last updated on: May 10, 2024 at 8:55 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Ascension Day is the day that Jesus started working from home. I saw a meme by the Episcopal Church saying that and loved it. Ascension Day really is the day that Jesus started working from home. It is also the day when the people who knew and loved Him personally lost His physical presence in their lives for the rest of their earthly existence. I’ve often thought about how empty it must have felt for them, walking home after seeing... Read more