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Re: Pastors and Churches Endorsing Candidates
Posted same day on my Facebook Page I will speak briefly on the ability for houses of worship/religious leaders to now endorse candidates and move on. According to the report, when a house of worship “in good faith speaks to its congregation, through its customary channels of communication on matters of faith in connection with Continue reading
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July 9th, 2025 – On Food Insecurity in Rural Places
This post was originally published on my Facebook on July 9th, 2025 Now, a word on cuts in food assistance. One thing we need to be reminded of when we talk about food insecurity in rural spaces is that rural does not equal agrarian. The assumption that all rural people can or know how to Continue reading
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July 8th, 2025 – Healthcare and Hope
This was originally posted on my Facebook on July 8th, 2025 Alright, now that we’ve acknowledged the realities of passing of the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, let’s talk about our role in what comes next with the realities at play. While the “Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t outright target rural communities, we know that rural Continue reading
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Preaching on Sunday July 6th, 2025
This post was originally posted on my Facebook the Sunday Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law. I’m not preaching today, I’m off until tomorrow. But if I were leading worship, I would do three things, regardless of what I had planned. First, I would speak to the continuous natural disasters (Texas Continue reading
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On the Passing of “One Big Beautiful Bill”
This was originally published on Facebook July 3, 2025. The day the bill passed the House. We are doing the very thing the prophets warned us against and failing to heed the warning of Christ’s prophecy of the “sheep and the goats.” This is sin. The pedestal of the statue of Liberty has a plaque Continue reading
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Annual Conference Wrap Up 2025
With the closing of my annual conference and most of the United States Annual Conference we can see a few things happening. 1) We are beginning to actually grieve the losses that have taken place. Though some folks are seeking to rush past the losses, the conferences that have been hit hardest by this (losing Continue reading
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December 5 – “Even Jesus has Got the Blues”
December 5th’s song is “Even Jesus God the Blues” by Gabe Lee. I’ve been trying to catch Gabe Lee performing, but I’ve only seen him once. He sings some painfully beautiful songs, and this is one of the best. Easter morning, Tennesseeshe come draggin round the bend,hooked on OP40, barely aliveShe come heartbroke and looking Continue reading
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December 4 – “Only Love Can Save Us Now”
December 4th brings us Kesha, “Only Love Can Save Us Now.” I am only sharing the chorus because I don’t want to get demonetized, because she swears a lot in this surprisingly theologically accurate song. Only love can save us nowOnly love can save us nowOnly love can save us now(Oh, Lord, save me, please Continue reading
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December 3 – “Happier”
December 3rd’s song for this year is “Happier” from Double Camp. Don’t know who Double Camp is? Neither did I when they opened for Sub-Radio. But, as they said, they sing sad songs to happy music. Which, can easily be my bag. And “Happier” is a song that hits its target. A lyric selection: These Continue reading
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December 2 – “Everything Will Be Alright”
December 2nd is upon us, and it’s time for the second song that has spoken to me this year. I ran across this song as the theme song to the Podcast “Delete This,” but I didn’t know it had words. Andrew Huang’s music is a mix of ambient and electronic, and it was a good Continue reading
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