Includes how to be a faithful citizen in a democratic republic as a Christian
“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7) In my senior year at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, my curriculum included one extended unit of Clinical Pastoral education (CPE) at Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital as a Student Chaplain. One of …
“Let the peoples praise you, O God, let all the peoples praise you. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all natons upon earth.” (Psalm 67:3-4 NRSV) In November of 2020, I watched celebratory gatherings on TV when we finally had enough ballots, …
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 NRSV) My Mask Wearing History At the time of the first lockdown, March 15, 2020 in Dallas, Texas, I owned a box of 20 medical masks for medical reasons. I often wore …
“Train children in the right way; and when old, they will not stray” (Proverbs 22:6 NRSV) I had a flash back of my dining room table when I was about 10 years old. I remembered Uncle Joe and my mother sipping coffee out of bone china cups in the afternoon when I came home from …