A Letter To A Conservative Christian Aunt
I tend to dislike major controversy and I also tend to avoid talking politics with most folks — in my experience and probably yours as well, its doubtful you’re going to change anyone’s mind. Continue reading “A Letter To A Conservative Christian Aunt”
I used to always seek out role models to look up to and emulate. I would see or read about a person who did or said something great or profound and I would learn as much as I could about them.
You’ve probably heard the expression, “he’d argue with the Saints that one!” What that means is that there are people who no matter what, love to argue about anything and everything and they never lack for a quick come-back.
Why do I get suckered in to online discussion threads? I always come away stressed and frazzled by what I read and yesterday, I actually felt a bit shaken after engaging in one particular discussion thread.

Conflict is something that exists not just in human nature, but in nature itself. Animals have conflict with each other, but it’s humans who have taken conflict to a whole new level of darkness and depravity.
The morally self-righteous are usually not moral at all. Sure, they do a lot of judging and condemning, and they can be quite preachy and they certainly can quote the Bible. But, maybe that’s about all they can do?
People are increasingly concerned with the growing level of anger and discourse in our country. Angry, violent words and seething hostility seem to be the new normal. But does it only seem that way, or is it really happening?
We can’t just call the Uvalde School massacre a “tragedy. The word tragedy isn’t strong enough — it just isn’t. What happened in Uvalde is horrific…an unimaginable monstrous event of sheer terror. The devastation that happened on that day, has forever changed the lives of those touched by the sickening event.