The World's Okayest Pastor

On most Fridays and Saturdays you can find me standing along Riverview Expressway in Wisconsin Rapids, WI protesting with my new friends. We are protesting 47's policies and the blatant disregard for anyone who isn't in the top 1%.  What is clear to me is that the top wealthy people want to go back to the feudal system and make the majority of the working class serfs. They do not care if we die because there are more low class people to do the work.  How is this clear to me? The VA's budget is been cut, people fired. Why because it's cheaper to bury our veterans, who were promised and earned their benefits. This administration has cut funding for programs like WIC, SNAP, public schools, cancer research, PBS, VOA, USAID, vaccine development, and countless other programs. 47 has canceled student loan debt reduction and forgiveness programs. There are claims that 47's tariffs are reducing costs and bringing jobs back to America. All of this is being done in the name of...

Happy New Year Church! Advent is the beginning of the liturgical new year. We change the colors to Royal Blue or Purple to mark this time of waiting and anticipation. We will decorate the church and our homes. How will we prepare our hearts this season? As I write this, we are a little over one week post the election and emotions are mixed in the church and American society. Some people are breathing sighs of relief and others feel like they can’t breathe. I get it on both sides. But where are our hearts post-election? Traditionally, each week of Advent has a particular theme: hope, love, joy, peace. As the light of the Advent wreath grows, we should be growing in our faith. We are called to be people of hope; hope that things will get better. Hope that we can be God’s hands and feet in the world to those who are hurting, scared, unsure, grieving, excited. We are called to be people of love: loving all our neighbors and society, yes even those we don’t like or agree with. We are ca...