Going to Hell in a Handbasket

Every generation seems to feel compelled to say the next generation is doing everything wrong and the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Despite that, the world goes on. If we examine things objectively, we see that what changes are the circumstances and details, not the outcomes. The world moves along and new…

No More Crusades

As I wrote the title of this post, it occurred to me that the word "crusade" has three uses in contemporary spiritual culture, and so my title might lead to some confusion. I'm not beyond using a little confusion to attract readers, so rather than change it I thought I might explain it. The historical…

Stop Saying, “This Is Not Who We Are.”

America please, seriously, stop saying, "This is not who we are." That statement is categorically false. ThisĀ is precisely who we are: a country that has elected a serial sex offender; a small minded, profoundly mentally ill, petty dictator President of the United States. We have filled Congress and the Courts with people who think this…