Parables & Satire

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    Gone to Meddlin’

    The old country Methodist left church one Sunday grumbling, “That pastor’s quit preachin’ and gone to meddlin’!” That old phrase, circulated in some form among Baptist and Methodist circles, captures those inevitable days when the pastor crosses the line and steps out of the preformatted box that the church member had conceived for their pastor…

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    Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking

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    The Judas Principle

    Discover how Evangelical focus on an earthly kingdom paved the way for the Antichrist. A provocative, original look at history’s unexpected turns.

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    The Day the President Told the Truth

    The 5202 Mandate: 🎙️The Press Conference That Changed Everything * Setting: The East Room of the White House. No flags. No teleprompters. Just a single podium, a circle of chairs, and a quiet piano playing Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings as the press enters. The room feels more like a chapel than a stage. This…

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    Coins of Truth: The Need for Good Faith Truth-Telling

    In the midst of a U.S. Government shutdown with no end in sight, the Treasury Department floated the idea of minting a $1 dollar coin in the likeness of Donald Trump: My Two Cents: The Scarcity of Good Faith We live at a time when the U.S. faces a scarcity of good faith dealings by…

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    A Tale of AI “Friendly Class & Happy Closings”

    Though we are insured with an excellent insurance carrier, at times I like to get a quote for our home and auto coverage. As a retired commercial and personal lines insurance adjuster, I am somewhat familiar with coverage exposures and coverages. Today we discuss a personal experience with AI in insurance and some key information…

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    Lift Every Voice and Sing: “No Ape King!”

    Independence Day for “No Ape Kings!” “Hurricane Watch and ICE Raid Warning.” Shelter the Innocent. Did we return our soldiers from Afghanistan to serve as the private army of a decaying dictator who orders them to take FEMA funds to kick down the doors of U.S. seniors, drag nursing mothers from their cars, stalk workers…

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    The Secret Gift of Immigration

    “And a Little Child Shall Lead Them” (Isaiah 11:6). In every life, there comes a moment when you realize that an opportunity landed on your porch, one that makes up for all those past regrets. Bill and Suzie, a young hard working family in the U.S. breadbasket of Missouri. With two boys in grade school,…

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    MAGA’s False God & Servants of the Most High DOGE

    A Treatise for The Separation of Church and State Descent into Hell of Commingled Church and State “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, mi ritrovai per una selva oscura” In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood. – Opening line of Dante’s Inferno Today’s blog is…

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    Bitter Honey of Bigotry

    DOGE King Bee Orders Drone Swarm Export Bitter Honey King Bee Purges DEI Bees. Produces Bitter Honey Export. Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.- Revelation 10:10 “It’s…