By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div., MFT First, let me say that while lying and politicians have been the subject of many jokes since at least the time of Plato (or probably earlier), one must sort through humorous cynicism and those who use “the art of lying,” if you will, as a weapon meantContinue reading “Donald…The Worst President We Have Ever Had”
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Stepping Back: Escaping the Echo Chamber
By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div. I grew up in the Church of the Nazarene that valued “testimonies.” Testimonies were rituals where a person would give a report of how a problem occurred and God, through prayer, fixed the problem. After hearing enough testimonies, I began to realize that if a person wanted toContinue reading “Stepping Back: Escaping the Echo Chamber”
Plucking Chickens: Democracy or Fascism?
If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time, people are less likely to notice. “We do not argue with those who disagree with us; we destroy them.” Benito Mussolini As I think about recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and ponder the future, I must register alarm. And when I thinkContinue reading “Plucking Chickens: Democracy or Fascism?”
Are We Going to Die?
Pictured is a postage stamp that recalls the tense standoff between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. When I was a child, we lived close to the-now-defunct Gowen Field, a strategic airbase near Boise, Idaho that, I was told, was one of the main targets for nuclearContinue reading “Are We Going to Die?”