Preliminary Thoughts on the Driscoll Controversy

Mark Driscoll Seattle, Washington Megachurch (Mars Hill) Pastor Mark Driscoll has given up his pastorate. Some of the reasons: Driscoll’s resignation came in the wake of accusations of plagiarism, bullying and an oversized ego that alienated some...

Rethinking the Town Hall, Debate, and Public Forum

I have attended a number of town halls, focus groups, and political discussions in the last two years. The League of Women Voters invites members of the audience to submit questions. I have attended these forums since 2012, when I started getting active in politics,...

What Rest is Really All About in the Scriptures

One of my favorite sermons, or at least a sermon which I had been listening to for a long time, is called "Have a Throne Attitude: Let the Lord Make Your Enemies Your Footstool." Released in February 2008, Pastor Joseph Prince took the following verses as...

Right To Work Coming to a City Near You?

The Heritage Foundation conducted an interesting study on right-to-work laws, concluding that individual cities are not precludes from initiating such provisions.  Current Right-To-Work States (including Michigan) Currently, twenty-four states have provisions which...

MA GOP Charlie Baker: To Obama's Left?

Charlie Baker In a 2010 interview with Boston Globe guest columnist Yvonne Abraham, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker claimed to be "to the left of Barack Obama" on social issues. Well. Some aggressive progressives are deeply disappointed with...