“it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair #churchtoo #churchcelebrity #ministryMoneyMakers

“If our thinking about the kingdom of God is infected with American notions of greatness and bigness, we will inevitably have a deeply distorted Christianity. We will in fact have a Christianity that pursues the very things that Jesus taught were fleeting and meaningless.”

ADOLESCENTS ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH. As many as 80% exit, never to return. Churches bought into the idea that dogma, doctrine, and apologetics form faith. No. You kill what you dissect. We only own the ideas we practice and live. We need a hands, feet, heart approach.

My favorite picture of the week: my spouse Janyce holding our granddaughter Madelyn along with our grand-dog Thor.

Please don’t share the video of the Damar Hamlin play. Share this because we are all Praying for him and his family.

Help Army Vet beat hate crime against Mays family

Join me in signing the Christians Against #ChristianNationalism statement

Marjorie Taylor Greene got $180,000 in business loans forgiven from the PPP program but said it's "completely unfair" for us to forgive student loans for working- and middle-class Americans. You can’t make this stuff up.

Twinning with @Bob_Casey 🤩

Doug Mastriano wants to force every voter across the state to re-register, kicking millions of Pennsylvanians off the voter files. His plan is undemocratic, and we can't let him get away with it.

It will be our love, not our opinions which will be our greatest contribution to the world.

Pronouns = Love of neighbor

Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says @TheRaDR.

And while we're on the topic: Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have “Long COVID”

Whether you plan to vote in person or by mail ballot, the first step is to register to vote.

@Walcandy1 @BCross052422 Please. In the name of all that's right - VOTE!

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If we pay attention to history she reminds us that populations don't become monstrous overnight, that nations don't abandon humanity in a single moment. There is always a pattern. We're seeing it now. https://t.co/Fi5EuKfSVT

A powerful column by @ThomasReeseSJ @RNS argues that #ChristianNationalism is, well, un-Christian. This humanist approves.