Forney Charities
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Called to be a Movement
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” So began a most bizarre adventure for a little girl and her dog in the aftermath of a fearsome tornado. An adventure that would charm both adults and children for generations. That might be fine for… Continue Reading “Called to be a Movement”
A Woman on a Mission
“You are not a horse. You are not at cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” This was the tweet from the FDA on why you should not use Ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19. Desperation is raging through our nation, rampaging like Hurricane Ida, along… Continue Reading “A Woman on a Mission”
Truth, What is Truth?
Rudy Giuliani, Sunday morning was flustered and taken aback by Chuck Todd’s question as to whether his client, the former president Trump, would testify at his impeachment trial. Fulminating and sputtering, he finally blurted out, “Truth isn’t Truth.” Not any different sentiment from that… Continue Reading “Truth, What is Truth?”
Good Shepherds
In my role as chair of the religious studies department at Alaska Pacific University, I would sometimes be asked by our president Glenn Olds to look over the transcript of a prospective student who had been to what was frequently called a “Bible College.”… Continue Reading “Good Shepherds”
Plumb-Line Theology
This past week Donald Rumsfield passed. Not many of us in the peace action community will be shedding any tears. Andrew Bacevich, formal colonel of the Vietnam War who now realizes the folly of that endeavor, believes our military adventures into Afghanistan and Iraq… Continue Reading “Plumb-Line Theology”
We Are Family
In a moment, as time goes, our nation came under a new form of government and new management upon the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America. When Benjamin Franklin was returning from the last meeting of the Continental Congress after… Continue Reading “We Are Family”
Who is This That Darkens Counsel?
A few days ago, I was speaking to a friend about the previous Sunday’s sermon. When he had heard that I was still serving a parish — yes, at my advanced years, somehow funked retirement, I did – he had requested that I send… Continue Reading “Who is This That Darkens Counsel?”
On Not Giving the Snake the Last Word
That bright morning the sun pleasantly warmed the awakening world. Another light in the sky, however, caught the attention of a stegosaurus nonchalantly munching in a grove of ferns. The quickly moving light, flaming bright — or was it the thunderous sonic boom as… Continue Reading “On Not Giving the Snake the Last Word”
Keepin’ It Real
When I took a church in Petersburg, Alaska, I had to head up there before my wife was able to leave California. She taught at a year-round school and her contract didn’t end until September. So, I and our preschool boys boarded Alaska Airlines… Continue Reading “Keepin’ It Real”
The Full, Real Deal, Body of Christ
Nikki King grew up in a hardscrabble hamlet in one of the hollows of Appalachia. Like many rural communities, it was awash in drug and alcohol addiction. She reports, “At 14 I could’ve pointed out everybody who would be dead.” At the urging of… Continue Reading “The Full, Real Deal, Body of Christ”
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