One of my top recommended reads for this year is, The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory—American Evangelicals in an age of Extremism" by Tim Alberta. As the son of an evangelical Christian pastor, Alberta wanted to explore the unholy marriage of American Evangelical Christianity and right-wing politics and how it is leading to division ... read more >
Sitting in my history classes throughout the years, I would contemptuously wonder how the Germans allowed the NAZI party to unleash its evil agenda upon their country. How could citizens of a civilized nation vote for a madman like Adolph Hitler to lead them? Why didn’t anyone do anything to stop him? Several years ago, ... read more >
As the world gets ready to cross over into a New Year, many people are reflecting on the past year and wondering what the future holds. After 2 years of pandemic living, most of us have realized that even with all of our technology and comforts, that life is still unpredictable. Many of us have ... read more >
“It’s not you…it’s me,” are the words that we like to use when breaking off a relationship. Usually, it is the other person because we’ve come to the realization that we can no longer tolerate the behavior of the other person or that we are not in a place mentally to give them what they ... read more >
America: It is time to Grow up We are dealing with multiple crises at a time and rather than taking a serious posture of figuring how to best navigate these difficulties we are resorting to blaming, name-calling, and hoping for a Hollywood ending where the hero saves everyone and everything ends happily ever. I have ... read more >
"If everyone had worn a mask, then we would be done with this pandemic." "If everyone stayed at home, then this would be over." "It's the Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party's fault that this pandemic is still going on." These were common statements that people made during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but none of these ... read more >
Simone Biles's withdrawal from the 2020 Tokyo Games due to concerns was met with shock, empathy, compassion, and of course the usual critics and outrage machines. When I look at Simone Biles the athlete, I see a dominant once-in-a-lifetime talent. She has been called the Great Gymnast of all time with several moves named after ... read more >
The 2005 film Idiocracy premiered to little fanfare and horrible reviews from critics. Financially the movie was a failure with revenue of $445,000 in the United States. Years later the film Idiocracy has become a cult classic and the word idiocracy has become part of our cultural lexicon. After an army experiment gone wrong (due ... read more >
We Work CEO Adam Neumann, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, Mars Hill Church Pastor Mark Driscoll, Investor Bernie Madoff, and former Liberty University Jerry Fawell Jr. are all from different walks of life but all were charismatic influencers who were exposed by scandal and saw their empires crumble. Adam Neumann was ousted as CEO of We ... read more >
The Covid-19 Pandemic was a once in a generation event. Most people in the United States had not lived through a deadly pandemic before and we all found different ways to cope with the uncertainty and mass loss of life. First, let me say that it is completely normal to still be anxious even as ... read more >
