I am a Christian conservative in NY, daily grappling with a Hamiltonian (aka Machiavellian) centralization of power. This means that I must medicate, move, or meditate on God more. My journey toward meditating on God more intensified after the election of Obama the first time. It was then I began to awaken to the elongation
Imagine you needed a new car. So you and your old jalopy manage to make a final trip to the showroom. Excitedly, you sit down with the salesman to choose the model with all the bells and whistles you’ve relished. Adding to your excitement you learn the car is dramatically less than you had anticipated.
Remember when you were a kid and you’d get in heated debates about which superhero was stronger, or whose bicycle was faster? You might have begun with objective sounding statements of pseudo-fact that demonstrate why the considerable innate powers of Superman are superior to the brainy and well-funded technology of Batman. Meanwhile your friend would
Yesterday the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood and repeal certain measures in the Obamacare legislation. President Obama has vowed to veto it so the House already has scheduled a veto override vote for later this month. However, it is unlikely the Senate has enough votes to override
If you wanted to build a good house in 2016, you might hire a building contractor to help you. After finding one, your first question might be, “How much will it cost to build a good house?” If your contractor has any experience at all he will respond with a wise, “That depends… if by
A woman facing unplanned pregnancy is a Christmas metaphor. Not Mary’s unexpected pregnancy with Jesus but Israel’s need for a savior. Israel is a woman facing unplanned pregnancy; stuck, lost, mired in a series of faithless decisions resulting in the loss of physical and moral freedom. She like Israel is unable to resolve the crisis
What should we think of the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood office killing three injuring nine? After praying for the families of the victims we can’t help but reflect on the tragedy. Upon his arrest the shooter, Robert Dear, was reported to have said, “No more baby parts” likely referring to the
What is the underlying cause of abortion? Some say it is poverty. Some say it is apathetic fathers. Some say lack of adequate childcare. Some say it is deficient education. It is none of those things. In fact, the foundation for the abortion bulwark was dug so long ago that the 1973 Roe v Wade
America has scar tissue on her soul. It seems calloused beyond all feeling. Congress continues to think that protecting the weak by use of the law is a matter for debate, even after the Planned Parenthood baby parts scandal broke. The argument for abortion has mostly been that a woman can do with her own
CompassCare is concerned about marriage. The Bible begins and ends with it. That is sermon enough. Historically, marriage is the first of all human institutions and of foremost importance to any thriving society. If CompassCare’s mission is to ‘erase the need for abortion,’ why does marriage matter? Because healthy societies, like electric lights, are only
