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Power Hungry Christians
I am, admittedly, unashamedly, power hungry. In fact, I’ve been in search of power for months. During a past blizzard, the problem of powerlessness was brought home to me. We live in such an electricity-dependent age that our lives come screeching to a halt when someone pulls the plug. Our gadgets are worthless without power. …[ read more ]
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The Only Way to Make Sense of Women
There’s only one way to make sense of women. I should know. I’m a woman. XX chromosome credentialed. Bona fide by birth. Not a boast, just biology. Been managing estrogen since way back. Raised a daughter in the new millennium. Came up in the sixties and seventies raised by a Boomer woman. I’ve seen decades …[ read more ]
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The Empire’s New Clothes
I’m no prophet but it doesn’t take one to know we’re witnessing a cataclysmic shift in culture. Terrorists and hostile governments target Christians for regulation, oppression, harassment, arrest, persecution, torture, imprisonment, and death in countries around the world. Anti-Christian rhetoric fuels hateful sentiment here on our own shores. The American church, divinely appointed to love, …[ read more ]
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And the Chariot You Rode in On, Sir!
If I was in a war, I would want a horse. Just sayin’. In the movies, the warriors with the most power in battle, the ones who make it out alive – these guys are the ones on horseback. I would want a large, well-trained, battle-tested horse that was committed to me and could run …[ read more ]
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Are You Tuned into the Main Event?
Humans – we’re always more fascinated with the sideshow than we are with the main event, aren’t we? There are majestic elephants in the center ring? Ho-hum, we’ve seen elephants before. Old news, baby. We’re dashing down the curtained alley for a glimpse at the bearded lady. The weird and wild feed our ravenous appetite …[ read more ]