It seems that as surely as night follows day, the rich will oppress the poor. Today the U.S. Senate chose to continue that malignant tradition by voting in favor of the "Big Beautiful Bill" which would more aptly be called "The Big Bogus Boondoggle," because of its brazen transfer of wealth from the poor and …
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For just such a time as this
On Sunday this week my friend and former seminary colleague Liz Fulmer preached a sermon about Esther, Haman, and Mordecai from the book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. At a key point in both the story in Esther and in the pastor's sermon, there came the phrase, "for just such a time as this." …
Perverse obscenity
In recent weeks two men with obscene levels of wealth stroked their overly developed egos as they became the first private citizens to fund a trip to "space." It seemingly did not matter to Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos that what they were doing was an utterly pointless vanity project, or that NASA has been …
The Earth needs a Sabbath
Biblical scripture speaks to the beauty of our home planet, the need to take care of it, and I believe command to reverence it as well. The Orthodox Church in America notes that reverence is hard to define, saying that it can be seen in attitudes of wonder, awe, submission or respect, along with veneration, …
Chaos: A perspective on poverty
Recently, I went into my little kitchen to get my two cats, Solomon and Luna, a little treat. Luna had been lounging on one of the two cat towers that are stationed near windows in the downstairs floor of my home. This seemingly innocuous action, of me opening a cabinet door, set off a …
The Tattooed Theologian 