There has never been a single historical situation where the marriage of sacred and secular power did not lead to the demise of democracy. Each time these two forces join, their combined underbellies, no longer constrained by any external powers, emerge, magnified by the flaws of the other. Read more
I believe many of that theological bent welcome the prospect of full destruction of the earth, assuming that means that Jesus is about to come back and, somehow, turn what will be a pile of nuclear waste into the perfect society, "perfect," of course, being in the eye of the beholder. Read more
The words “women, female, and immigrants” are no longer permitted in Trump’s America: it is time to do a major editing of the Bible. Guess what? If you are a woman, you no longer exist in parts of Trumpworld!! How about that? Now that’s power: his edicts have just erased one-half of the human race from countless government documents!! How did Mr. Trump achieve this incredible feat? Easy-peasy: the words “women, female, females, feminism” are now among hundreds “woke words”... Read more
Check out your fear level right now. If you see it rise in one of these difficult conversatioins, observe what it does to you. It wins if it shuts you down and keeps you from loving and generous actions toward yourself and others. When that happens, the relationship chasms caused by the religious divide will grow even more dangerous. Read more
So when I am at my best, I make one resolution, “Take the time to acknowledge those new mercies every single day.” Over the years, I've learned that rejoicing each morning in this newness of the Presence of God is a far more critical task than "make myself better than ever" type resolutions, especially the "exercise more and lose weight" ones. Read more
So the absolute absence of God is . . . absolute hell. That is the place where love cannot be, where all justice is twisted with the guilty rewarded and the innocent punished, where grudges are held forever and mercy never granted, where kindness makes no appearance, where the oppressed are further trampled and the privileged live without accountability, where music is forever silenced, where hope may no longer poke its head above the ground and breathe freely. Read more
With Christmas fast approaching and the season of too much spending, too much food and drink, and too many parties accompanying it, I turn my mind to Mary’s Magnificat. I am in danger. I was in the middle of my usual retired person’s morning routine: the dog stretched out in my lap (we call this “Mommy Lap” time), breakfast at my side, all while perusing a couple of actual print newspapers. I’ve long preferred print news because I tend to... Read more
Women working in sugar fields in India are getting unnecessary hysterectomies in order to keep working, essentially as slaves. How are you doing with keeping your baptismal vows? Do you think about this one very much: Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to resist evil, injustice and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves? I think about it a lot, especially where continued violence against women is concerned. It’s not getting better. I feel so helpless... Read more
I do not blame those who voted for this sexual predator. They had their reasons, and many of those reasons were valid. I simply want some truth so we can all be set free. The memories swamped my brain and whacked my generally stable emotions into incoherence. The rape, the handsy gropes, the slam against the wall with a tongue thrust down my throat, the comments, the never-ending reminders of my lesser worth because I was a woman, the insistence... Read more
The GOP and much of the Christian world has embraced a man who is morally, spiritually, emotionally, educationally, and temperamentally unfit to be President of the US. This is a man who operates solely out of the basic principle of revenge/hit back harder and nastier to anyone who doesn't suck up to his massive ego. Read more
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