A while back, I wrote a blog entitled, Should We Throw the Bible Out? In that blog I tried to look at what role the Bible played in the liberty we have enjoyed here in the United States. I wondered that, since the Bible, especially the Ten…

One of my all-time favorite TV shows is “I Love Lucy.” Lucy Ricardo, the main character, is a loving mom and wife whose driving desire is to become a celebrity. She is almost always at odds with Ricky, her Cuban husband and night-club owner, who…

Sadly, most people could testify to similar or worse experiences of injustice. I could testify to more of them, several that have occurred just this year ranging from “less significant” things like rotten strawberries hidden in a carton of seemingly fresh ones to “more serious” injustices like…

“Love.” That is my one word answer to the question, “Why should Christians speak out about what God says is wrong?” What do I mean by wrong? By wrong, I mean sinful. By sinful I mean filled with law breaking. By law breaking I mean breaking…

“holocaust” with a lower-case “h” means a mass scale destruction or slaughter especially by fire. The word is also historically associated with a Jewish sacrificial burnt offering. With an upper-case “H”, of course it means the mass murder of over six million Jews in Nazi…

Despite my obvious physical differences (I’m white and a women) I heartily identified with many of the experiences described by 10 African-American Men in the book ,“Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity,” edited by Anthony J. Carter. Carter describes the 10…

I do not want to write on the subject I’m about to write on, but, at the same time, I cannot keep myself from it. So I am going to take a deep breath, plunge in, and try to stay afloat. Who knows, if I…

On February 18, 2013, Terry Gross, whose voice carries the wispy sensation of Fresh Air that names the National Public Radio (NPR) show she hosts, was interviewing Richard Blanco “the first immigrant, Latino and openly gay poet” chosen to read his poem at a presidential inauguration, President…

I just finished reading Tullian Tchividjian’s book Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels. The book is an interesting, insightful, and helpful commentary on the book of Jonah. The author is the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the…

Depending on the day and the girls, I am grandmother to either Princess Arial, Snow White, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Merida (Brave), or to Woody, Jessie, Belle, or Goofy. I never know until I see the costume, and then I must quickly slip into the story…