Let me start here… A couple of years ago I started leading the worship song “Reckless Love” on Sunday morning. The song blew up and quickly became a favorite. While we sang with gusto, I sensed a hiccup when we belted out “overwhelming, never ending, reckless love of God.” Hold up… Is God reckless? Like, is He not in control. …
Diary of A Writer: Politics Continued…
Are you struggling with the vote? I hear this so often, “I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils!”Well, Beloved, being silent, quitting and/or checking out and drawing into ourselves is not the answer. Some Christians have become so insular. We’ve left the world to itself and lookit… Then we become more discouraged and more insular and yes, this …
Dairy of a Writer: I Care About Politics
I think a lot about politics. Not because I’m a junky. I’m not.Nor because I’m a news junky. I’m not. But when I read the Bible, I see politics. I see Jesus as a returning King to judge the nations. I see verses like, “If My people who are called by my name humble themselves and prayer… I will heal …
Nevertheless, a man has died
Working out on an elliptical trainer at the gym this morning, I caught a few scenes from Ted Kennedy’s funeral. The camera paused on a man, maybe his son, visibly moved by Kennedy’s death. While most eyes were dry, this man’s were not and I was touched by his display of sorrow. I’ve already shared I didn’t have any respect …
Such a cliche
… Men in starched shirts, pressed slacks, thick black case by their feet as they stand before the airport gate, phone device in their ear as they talk, as if to the air, about marketing and ops getting it together, about calling an all-hands meeting, getting production to come up to speed. I’ve heard the conversations. Different face, different place, …
Off the Record by Elizabeth White
Off the Record by Elizabeth White Ambition on a collision course with a secret from the past… Judge Laurel Kincade, a rising political star, is announcing her candidacy for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Her aristocratic Old South family, led by her judge grandfather, beam as she takes the podium. Then her eyes light on a reporter in …