A parable of relief vs. advocacy “Relief” refers to providing for needy people’s immediate survival needs — food, shelter and clothing,...

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And seeking courage. So, this fellow posts perhaps five or ten times a day, on FaceBook, anonymous memes accusing “them” of outrageous...

BK keeps the TV tuned to CNN. On Sundays, Fareed Zakaria’s GPS comes on when I’m there in the mornings before church, and is rebroadcast...

Trump’s Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods I respond to the first paragraph only. Nothing else. The first...

Miscellaneous notes about accepting bad feelings. [Second in a series.] One afternoon some years back, I hooked up with my bud Brian...

☺Please donate!☺ In a comment on a WaPo article about “Prosperity Gospel” televangelists, someone said: Jesus taught us to think of others needs before our own. As of now I dispute that Jesus taught that. If he did teach that, Jesus was wrong. Unless the Gospel is different for the rich than for the poor, which I am unable and unwilling to believe. (The teaching is pervasive in the words of Paul.) Need and self-love … have been consistent themes on this blog, so there is no n

My response to Sunday’s sermon — and another event, after church — surprised me, and seemed to affirm that self-love is indeed the...

Three incidents from Sunday 09/18: (1) I caught the racial vibe as soon as she came in the room. (2) In the middle of worship, I looked...

This is an unscheduled post. The letter copied below from Carolyn Hax’s column for today just blew me away, as pertinent to current...