Freedom From…
Either my education was seriously lacking, or I just didn’t pay enough attention in history to know that the U.S. was established with the belief that we all have the right to four specific freedoms-...
View ArticleHoly Sacrament
What role is a sacrament meant to play in the day to day life of Christians? Why do we (the church) create a feeling of sacraments being to sacred to be experienced by individual people or groups apart...
View Article“Moral Issues” in Politics
I will be going to the polls and adding my voice to the millions of other voices choosing our next president. This will be my first time voting because of a Michigan law that requires voters to vote in...
View ArticleA Letter From 2012
After recently claiming to not be particularly political, I stumbled across a couple of fake letters. The first one is from Focus on the Family and can be found here. The second was posted on The...
View ArticleI voted.
Today we choose a new president. The new leader of our country. Whoever he is, he will face many challenges as soon as he is sworn in. Perhaps even before that. But I wonder, do we put too much...
View ArticlePresident Obama
As I go to bed tonight, the predictions are that Obama will be our next President. The crowds are roaring downtown-my sister decided to call and see if they were loud enough for me to hear…seriously?...
View ArticleWhat Shouldn’t Be
A man I know from days when I spent my summers sitting on the beach and sweating in the kitchen and growing with friends around 24/7 is a missionary in Israel- specifically, the West Bank. He is a...
View ArticlePolitics and Faith
I’m not a political person. I vote, but only in national elections. I try to stay informed on what’s going on in the world and the different laws and bills that are big at any given time. But I don’t...
View ArticleJesus was not a Politician
The other day I read an article about how one pastor believes he can be pro-choice politically but pro-life personally. I appreciated the article because he echoed many of my own sentiments on the...
View ArticleWe’re the guilty ones
It’s been 3 months or so now, and still the oil spill is making the news nearly every day. And it still is a part of conversation on a regular basis as well. Typically what I hear is how tragic it is,...
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