Archive for the 'America' Category

Reality Check Regarding Haiti

I love Tony Campolo.  Always have.  I know that there are some Christians who don’t share my love for him, but I love him because he not only preaches the true, radical gospel of Christ.  He lives it.  So, when he speaks, I listen.  Recently, I came across this article he wrote for the Huffington [...]

Leadership Lessons from Former President Reagan

Ronald Reagan is the first president I really remember.  He was sworn into office when I was 10 years old, and I vividly remember that day.  I remember the release of the Iran hostages that took place the day he was sworn in, and I remember that there was a sense of hope and excitement [...]

Leadership Lessons from Former President Ford

Over the last 50 years, no president has been overlooked more than Gerald Ford.  He served as our president from 1974-1977 and is best known for the sudden and (according to many) ill-advised pardon of former President Richard Nixon.  I had my kids look at this picture of President Ford, and not one of them [...]

Lessons on Leadership from Former President Nixon

It’s not everyday that someone says they learned something positive from someone like former President Richard Nixon.  He was the only president to resign the office, and he did so after being mowed over by a self-made avalanche of lies and illegal activity.  In many ways, he’s the perfect example of what NOT to do [...]

The Ridiculousness of Obama Extremism

I don’t like it when people speak and act in extreme ways.  I never liked it when my toddlers threw themselves on the grocery store floor in front of the gumball machine after I said “no,” and I can’t stand it when my teens say ridiculously extreme things like, “All my teachers are dumb and [...]

Arizona Pastor Wants President Obama Dead

“My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting…but my kingdom is not from the world.”  (Jesus Christ; John 18:36) It’s been really hot lately out here in the Southwest, and evidently, the heat is starting to make some say and do crazy things.  [...]

Memorial Day Tension

It’s Memorial Day weekend.  A time when people zonk out, camp out, cook out, and remember.  It’s a weekend when we remember those who have sacrificed so much for our country.  As an American, I am truly thankful for the sacrifice of the men and women who have made it possible for me to live [...]