In college, I ended up reading a lot of books written in the style of “magical realism”. The writings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Isabel Allende come to mind. Matthew Strecher defines magic realism as “what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe.” (Matthew C. Strecher,…
Our family enjoyed the book The Martian by Andy Weir when we read it this summer. Great storytelling. And SCIENCE! Yay. What’s not to love? So we saw the movie opening night. It did not disappoint. Yes, they inevitably made some changes to adapt it to screen (read this article to watch a funny video…
I’ve been trying to ignore Donald Trump and just hope he will go away. You can’t just keep making the offensive comments he’s made and remain in the race for the Republican nomination for President, can you? To recap a few of his worst statements: Trump on why Senator John McCain is not a war…
A few weeks ago I blogged over at RevGals about a local facebook kerfluffle about free lunches for kids at schools. You can read the first post here. Someone ‘tagged’ the person who was not a fan of this lunch program when they shared it on Facebook. He responded in a similar manner as he…
This post was originally published at Revgalblogpals The Pastoral is Political. While the legislature has been in session in Idaho this winter, I’ve been more involved than I have been in the past. I’ve been frustrated by leadership in the Capitol who continue to refuse to allow Add the Words to have a hearing. Municipalities…
My latest post over at Revgals, for their feature “The Pastoral is Political”.
This post was also published at The Pastoral is Political at Revgalblogpals. This past week, I posted a comment on Facebook decrying the $40 billion in cuts to the Food Stamp program, claiming it is not how Jesus wants us to treat each other. I also posted this picture: A good friend from college, who…
This was originally posted at There is Power in The Blog. I recently saw the film, “Elysium”, starring Matt Damon. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, but from what I could tell, it wasn’t war or earthquake or zombies that ruined Earth and turned it into a hell-scape where people lived in rubble and…
This was originally published at There is Power in the Blog. In case you missed it there…. A good friend gave me a bumper sticker for Christmas. I love this bumper sticker with a love that isn’t holy. It is clever. It is true. It makes you think. It leads men to roll their eyes…
Pastors are told all the time that we shouldn’t be political, or at least this pastor hears it. It is usually said by people who don’t agree with my politics, because the people who like my political views cheer me on with gusto. Or it is said by people who believe the church should exist…
Glass Overflowing 