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    ByJames Butler

    “It is finished!” “Jesus is Gold!” “JESUS SAVES us from them.” We sing we are,”Whiter than snow” and “Safe and secure from all alarms”! And other lies. May we be reminded of all things beautiful about Latino culture. Perhaps, one day, the walls will come down and we will embrace our brothers and sisters South…

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    Abuelo’s Final Sacrifice

    ByJames Butler

    Inspired by True Events Deported to Havana After a Life in the U.S. Abuelo arrived in Miami, Florida as a 10 year-old political refugee from Havana, Cuba, fleeing with his family the terror of Castro. From age 10 to 20, Abuelo picked citrus 10 hours a day, loading crates that weighed more than he. Unable to…

  • Five Bullet Points … of a Last Week

    ByJames Butler

    Last week Defense Secretary Hegseth signed a memorandum to all Defense Department civilian employees directing them to prepare five bullet points.  Civil Servant Vet in his mind while typing his email with his prosthetic hand. A Fitting Tribute to Our Public Servant Thank You For Your Service, Pastor Jim Up Next the ballad of sgt….

  • Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church

    ByJames Butler

    Revelation 2:29 29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”  Over the past three years, Carol and I visited over 20 churches in the Verde Valley of Arizona. Conservative – liberal, Baptist-Lutheran, instrumental-noninstrumental, independent-denominational, contemporary-traditional. We learned that churches have acquired a progressive spiritual hearing loss. They have…

  • Sunday School Party Animals

    ByJames Butler

    My Texan Sunday School teacher was a Democrat who managed to work the Party’s platform into of every lesson to captive Baptist seminarians. Democrats ruled Texas for 100 years, voting last for Jimmy Carter in 1976. After all, “Jesus rode into Jerusalem, not on an elephant, but a donkey!” Another ancient and frequent visitor was…

  • Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools

    ByJames Butler

    The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, unless the bad guy gets the drop on the good guy. Then choose Plan B. What? No Plan B? To enter a sports arena, security frisks fans for bottled water. To enter a school, a maniac strolls…