Winston Churchill famously said, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” He was speaking about how quickly a lie can be spread by those who believe it, or by those who have a stake in others believing it. And he didn’t even have theContinue reading “With Great Confidence”
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Replace Thoughts with Sleep
I’ve struggled with insomnia since my college days. Its severity ebbs and flows, but I can point to a few times when it’s been especially bad. Sometimes, I’m kept awake by specific issues. Something is so prominent in my life, or at least in my mind, that I can’t let go of it enough toContinue reading “Replace Thoughts with Sleep”
Mumbled Church Words
Humanity has a long history of going along with destructive choices and behavior so long as the justification for it is dressed up with some God-talk. If state or church leaders want people to accept their calls for violence, discrimination, abuse, exclusion, or exploitation, many have found that dropping a few references to what GodContinue reading “Mumbled Church Words”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 