Contents of this Post
Fear – Courage 
– Can We Love Our Problem Nation – Like Jeremiah Did?
– Right-Wing Violence: Pope Francis’ Early Experience (Llamame Francisco)
– Do Not Be Upset. Do Not Be Afraid. Even If Everything is Changing. (Teresa of Avila)
– Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
– Do Not Be Afraid! 3 Bible Aids – Jesus’ Peace; Lifestyle Change; Faith in Love.
– Let Nothing Upset You; Let Nothing Frighten You; Even Now. (Teresa of Avila)
– We Must Speak Up. “Lift your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their sins.”
– Spiritual Tune-Up: A Spirit of Melancholy and CONSTRAINT
– Post-Election HOPE via Empathy – Hate, Grief, & a New Story.
– Freedom to Not Always Fear Our Rulers
– President Trump. Should We Hope or Mourn?
– Bernie Sanders Responds to the Election – Cooperate and Resist!
– The Trump Danger to many Christians is Real
– When You Work On It It’s No Longer Impossible
– Freedom From Fear – Comes From Your Faith, Not Your Government
– What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.–
– Government by Fear and Hysteria? Where?
– And Now? Hard Times and Good News.
– RFK – “Moral Courage”
– The (Mis-)Use of Fear in Politics – Al Gore & Dwight Eisenhower
– Do What You Can
– A Reasonable Goal
– Will It Be Enough? Is There Any Place To Hide?
– Remembering Martin Luther King Jr – Moral & Intellectual Integrity
Evil
– 5 Good Books for Ministers
– Everything is Damaged – Crucial Fact 2 of 4
– Real Evil Is Very Stubborn – M L King Jr
– The Two Most Obvious Things
Love – Service
– Inside Out – God’s Love Can Come Out of Our Lives
– Veteran’s Day – “Those Who Serve” Longest and Hardest are Not All Military
– If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
– Veterans Day: Those Who Serve Democracy are Mostly Non-Military
– “With Malice Toward None” – A Necessary Standard!
– What JESUS Says About the People We Tend to Turn Away From
– “Bring Us Back To A Unity of Love”
– “Choose people” says Shane Claiborne. “We are a gentle, angry people … and we are fighting for our lives”
– Lutheran Speaker Calls For “Friends of Jesus” to Speak Up on Social Issues
– On Being a Bridge
– Love of Enemies, Love of Friends
NonViolence – Courtesy
– 6 Truths for Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
– Chris Moore-Backman Understands Having Hope
– Christians & Churches Should Not Enforce the Bible on Us.
– Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
– A Covenant for Civility (Sojourners)
– On War – and Its Effects on Humans
– Jesus and Evil People – Strong Resistance while being Non-Violent
– Teens on Resisting the Temptation to Fight
– As We Think, So We Are
– “Peace on Earth” – but Not NOW, Of Course
– “Jesus Rejected Hatred” for Good Reason – Howard Thurman
– Algeria and India – Results of Violent and Non-Violent Resistance.
– The Trickle-Down Effect of Deceit, Anger, Violence at the Top
– “Devil Music” Telling the Truth
– The Lamb and the Dove – Powerful Symbols
– Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
– Easter, & The Cross, The Deliberate Holy Strategy of God
– The Sabbath: From Money, From Injustice, From Cultural Craziness, TO God
– Iraqi Family Man Meets Freedom American Style
– Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Local
– Can Churches Offer “Sanctuary” to Immigrants? What’s Legal?
– NE Gov Candidate – “Do Justice, Love Mercy”
– Scott Kleeb on Abortion: “The ideal number … is zero.”
– Sen. Mark Christensen – a “Christian” Outlook
– “I Voted for Them Because They Value What I Value”
– True Health-care Story Happening in Omaha, a Letter to Sen Ben Nelson
Resistance (General)
– “It Will Happen Here.” Solidarity is the Only Possible Response.
– Christians Should Respect the US Constitution (1) – Our Mutual Agreement
– Is It Hard to Love Your Self-Destructive Nation? Jeremiah Did.
– Reputation: Portraits in Power [a book review]
– Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
– The Civilized Are Responsible
– How Do You Respond to Rightist Friends and Relatives?
– A Republican Political Collapse Will Not Make Things Right.
– God and Politics -Gandhi
– “Must Speak Out” – You Could.
– Truth (& Lying) and Politics
– Some Top Concerns In SW Nebraska
– Our Country’s Many Anti-Democratic Institutions
– Where Words and Deeds Have Not Parted Company
– “Declaration of Independence” – from What?
– Nazi Hate-talk Training – We’re On That Road
– Jimmy Carter’s Son Asks, “What’s Going On?”
– Nurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
– Fear and Courage in the Ambulance
– White House: Don’t Worry – We Should All Be Scared to Death!
– Is It Good – or Even Safe – For Christians to Run For Office?
– M L King Opposed Our Vietnam War. What About Iraq? Juan Cole.
– “Far More Dangerous Than Terrorism” says Hagel of the Patriot Act
– Long-Distance Sin: Part II
– Long-Distance Sin: Less Visible But More Deadly: Part I
– “I have to cast my lot with those who … reconstitute the world”
– There Is Great Hope for America, But We Have to Get Real. – Isaiah 58
– “Silver-tongued Pastors” Growing Calluses on Christ’s Greatest Commandments
– Faith and Responsibility
– Cover for Evil: Machiavelli, Ledeen, Bush, and Jesus
– Creative Fidelity, Personally & Nationally. We Cannot Go Back.
– Wislawa Szymborska, poem: Cleaning Up The Mess(es)
– I Am Angry, and It’s Very Appropriate
– Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
– Spiritual Character in This World – in Politics, Media, Religion, etc.
– Good Sense: An Interview with Mary Pipher
– True Health-care Story Happening in Omaha, a Letter to Sen Ben Nelson
– A Church Hero Under the Nazis, from “An Honorable Defeat”
– The ‘Sermon on the Mount’ – Righteousness without Rage, Goodness without Arrogance
– Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”*
– The Hopes and Fears of All the Years — Including 2004?
– Merry Christmas If You Can
– Criticism from God, and A Beautiful Vision for Our Day – Isaiah 58
– Let America Be America Again – Langston Hughes
– Is Jesus a Republican? Is Jesus a Liberal?
– Jesus Stayed Out of Politics