Dear Refugee, (Documented and Undocumented) Immigrant, Muslim & African-American: This is a letter to tell you you are loved. I love you and many others do as well. Recently some have spewed hate in your direction. They’ve scrawled it on bathroom walls, spray-painted it on dugouts and have told you to go back to “where […]
Ep. 7: Effects of Trump’s Election on Racism in America, a black doctor not being a “real doctor,” Deborah Danner, & Mass Incarceration and Netflix’s “13th” Documentary
Episode 7 is a big show! Trump, Netflix’s 13th documentary on mass incarceration, and yes, Black Superman. Listen and email us your thoughts or questions to choppinituppodcast@gmail.com that we’ll read on the air.
4 Reasons to Disdain the Political Election Season
Seeing throngs of people bowing down and worshiping a candidate like they are the 2nd coming of Jesus. If the person you worshiped 4 years ago didn’t bring the world into utopia, this person won’t either. Stop frothing at the mouth about them. How politics makes enemies of friends. Man, do people get angry about […]
The Scariness of Governmental Power in the Hobby Lobby Abortion Case
(This is a parallel post that goes along with: The Scariness of Religious Power in the Hobby Lobby Abortion Case) We all have fears of the government ruling over us as dictators, do we not? We see dictators and communist systems of our past and present, along with sci-fi movies and thriller novels based around […]
The Scariness of Religious Power in the Hobby Lobby Abortion Case
(This is a parallel post that goes along with: The Scariness of Governmental Power in the Hobby Lobby Abortion Case) The recent Hobby Lobby court ruling surrounding contraception, abortion and mandated health care presents another murky situation where we as a society are trying to determine the boundaries of governmental authority, religious freedom and personal […]
The Idol of Politics
Food can be an idol. A spouse can be an idol. Television can be an idol. Sports can be an idol. Alcohol can be an idol. Politics can be an idol. My purpose in posting yesterday about the way Christians post on Facebook about politics was meant to show how subtly and easily we can […]