The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;he turns it wherever he will.Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the Lord weighs the heart Proverbs 21:1–2 We are rapidly approaching election season 2024 in America. The first Tuesday of November will mark the United States’s presidential election, which we…
There’s been a lot of talk as of late about the Equality Act, which was introduced in the house by Democrat lawmakers on February 23rd. Now, on the one hand, this isn’t a new legislation. In fact, the bill came up in Congress during Donald Trump’s presidency, and it even passed in the lower chamber…
Today marks a significant moment for the United States with the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States. Normally, such an event would carry the full grandeur of the pomp and circumstance wholly appropriate to the gravity of the situation. But today was a scene of historical firsts. I’m of course thinking…
Regardless of one’s political persuasion, last week will stand in infamy within the pages of our nation’s treasured history. Personally, I am grieving deeply for the United States I have served and sacrificed for. As acrimony in the wake of the Capitol riots spreads like gangrene, I wonder if there can ever again be unity…
Tomorrow is Tuesday, national election day, and I am looking forward to all that will unfold—good, bad, and ugly—about as much as when I had to get eye surgery. Due to a hereditary condition, I needed a corneal graft—a tissue transplant—a few years ago. I said at the time that the words “eye,” “surgery,” and…
“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.” (Proverbs 21:1–2) It is election season 2020 in America. Both the tensions and the stakes are high going into the first Tuesday…
Solomon’s wisdom states there is nothing new under the sun. Spoken in modern vernacular, “History keeps repeating itself.” The older I become the clearer the issues of life seem to be. Sunday I brought up the two religious slash political groups called the Pharisees and the Sadducees. These two groups represent two very different ideologies…
Last evening I watched a few segments of the Democratic National Convention. Ideological symbols were flamboyant to say the least. Scenes of multi-culturalism, protests, and mask wearing flashed across my screen. My point here is not to open up my political position or what party I am in favor of. What I am driving at…
