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 | 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 | 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...
by theRevCK | Oct 16, 2014 | Love and Life, Reflection
Over dinner last month, my 4-year-old asked, ?Are the new neighbors white-skinned or brown-skinned?? As I pondered how to answer, his big sister chimed in, ?I hope they?re white-skinned.? I paused, barely chewed. Could I answer without scolding or shaming them? I...
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