Blog Posts

  • An Alternative to Parler

    The concern over big tech’s interference in the elections is not overblown. Between the main stream media and Facebook/Twitter’s “fact checking” – not to mention the unspeakable tortures that have no doubt been perpetrated upon Google’s algorithm’s – getting and sharing good information has become difficult if you are politically conservative. In the week following…

  • Evil Drowning

    I admire anyone who stares down evil. I appreciate historians who catalogue the horrors of the holocaust. I approve of doctors who face down death. I applaud families that foster and invite a kind of chaos into their lives. I admire family members that persevere in the life of a troubled loved one. I appreciate…

  • A Response to John Piper and Why I am Changing my Vote

    John Piper recently wrote a post about politics in which he articulated his perspective as a believer regarding the upcoming elections. I find myself in much agreement with him. 4 years ago I preached a sermon to my church in which I evaluated the upcoming 2016 elections to be a judgment of God on our…

  • 1 Dimensional Problem Solving

    Several years ago – during my electrician days – I wired a house. For some reason I returned a week or two later, probably to add something or make a change at the request of the home owner, when I happened to notice where the HVAC guy had installed his return air duct. I knew…

  • Chasing a Platform / Why Do I Blog?

    I have always enjoyed writing, and when Covid hit I suddenly found myself in front of a computer far more than I desired. Like the local rivers swollen with the frequent Spring rains and overflowing their banks, words and thoughts tumbled widely and freely . My weekly preaching platform had been taken away and I…