Church & State
The Politics of Fear
Some political leaders are quite negative. They might even encourage the use of negative spiritual qualities such as fear and panic to maintain control of the masses. In the past, tyrants like Hitler or Stalin, have found an outside enemy for which to lay blame for internal errors or problems. We might gauge these techniques […]
“One Nation Under God”
“One Nation Under God“ If the founding fathers and patriotic heroes of the past could speak to us today– what would they say? My new painting “One Nation Under God” depicts Christ holding the U.S. Constitution as over forty U.S. patriots speak to us from the dust. On Christ’s sash is written in ancient Hebrew: […]
21st. Century Antiques
I left the church when I was twenty-seven. I am now thirty, and after trying unsuccessfully to start a house church, my husband and I are struggling to find a faith community in which we feel we belong. I’ve been reluctant to write about this search in the past, but it seems like such a common […]
“Religious Freedom”
Here’s a sad item from Reuters’ Tim Reid: Banks are foreclosing on America’s churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. The surge in church foreclosures represents a new wave of distressed property seizures triggered by the 2008 financial crash, analysts say, with […]
It’s the Theology, Stupid – (You’re Still The Same)
Understanding the Republican disconnect, explained by one of the people who helped create it. by Frank Schaeffer When Republican governors refuse bailout money on “principle,” and Rush Limbaugh—the new enraged face of the Republican Party—has hysterics over the idea of the government helping us get back on our feet, what you’re seeing is today’s political […]
It’s Not a Pretty Picture
President Eisenhower’s first surrender was to the Knights of Columbus. Maybe it’s time for those who support injecting Christianity into politics, learn their history. The revision to the Pledge of Allegiance, One Nation Under God was signed into law by President Eisenhower in 1954 after years of pressure from the Catholic organization the Knights of Columbus, […]
