As I watched the news about the US-Russian meeting to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, I couldn’t but help think how God-awful human beings can be. There sat our Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, with others amid lavish surroundings in Saudi Arabia to allegedly discuss…
Year: 2025
Limbo or Purgatory
As I write these words, I really don’t know what to say. The start of the new administration defies analysis save to say that it is reckless and characterized by chaos. The first thirty days we have witnessed an American Caligula strutting about like a crazed peacock, wrecking federal agencies, riding roughshod over constitutional prerogatives…
God Shows Up
This morning The New York Times article about Bishop Mariann E. Budde made my day. Entitled “The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything,’” it was the story of one decent person whose genuine convictions gave her the courage to speak to power. The extraordinary thing is that Pastor Budde represents…
First Words
It’s been quite a while since I last posted comments about the state of the union. During this time I’ve eschewed speculation in favor of waiting and seeing what was going to happen after the 2024 election. Ever the optimist, I hoped the second Trump administration just might be guided by a modicum of moderation…