by theRevCK | Aug 11, 2018 | Current Events & Culture, Reflection
Journalists are equal parts cynic and rabid patriot. Most own a well-worn pocket Constitution. Ask them. I bet they?ll be able to tell you right where it is. They?ll have the First Amendment memorized and are liable to recite it to you, unsolicited, with more...
by theRevCK | Jun 25, 2018 | Love and Life, Reflection
A Eulogy for Elizabeth Annabelle “Betty” Bowers Hange, Feb. 29, 1920 — June 15, 2018 I’m not sure what epitaph will be engraved with the artist’s palette Grandma picked years ago for her grave marker, but this would be my choice. I heard...
by theRevCK | Apr 23, 2017 | Current Events & Culture, Reflection
It happened to me. On a rare shopping trip to buy clothes at the mall, my mother and I popped into one of those boutique shops with racks full of dusty blue and rosy, shabby chic lace. I loathe clothes shopping. Trying to make it as painless and fast as possible, I...
by theRevCK | Nov 8, 2016 | Reflection, Religion
For the past two months, instead of a teeny headshot of myself showing up various places on social media, a thumbnail image of Lord Shiva, a Hindu manifestation of the Divine, appeared next to my posts. I?m not Hindu. I?m a Jesus-loving liberal Christian pastor. It?s...
by theRevCK | Jul 4, 2015 | Current Events & Culture, Reflection, Religion
These past two weeks, I’ve had lines from a chirpy children’s choir song in my head. Freedom isn’t free… (bum, bum, bum, buh) Freedom isn’t free… (bum, bum, bum, buh) You’ve got to pay the price, you’ve got to sacrifice,...
by theRevCK | Dec 28, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection, Religion
You can keep Santa. Now the presents are unwrapped, and in some cases returned, I won’t be ruining Virginia’s Christmas or anyone else’s by confessing: I love Christmas, but you can keep Santa. I wrote off the jolly old elf once and for all after...
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