I must confess, sometimes, I struggle with the call that people have to “stir up trouble” with different “social justice” issues.
It’s not that I don’t believe in equality, love, and equal justice for all… In fact in my younger days I experienced more than a few instances of prejudice to say the least, having grown up a military brat, and Hispanic.
But I think the pure stupidity of the overexcessive “Karen-isms” of what has become known as cancel culture and such, had left a bad taste in my mouth… And as older adults we ( or at least I ) tried to let things go and move on as we mature and grow “wiser”. Or maybe I’m just internally jaded.

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OK, I am not sure HOW to do this yet, but I am going to put it out there and see what God does with it. _____________________________________________ I have been trying to figure out how to work through a degree in Biblical Studies + Organizational Leadership.

Originally, almost 10 years ago now, I was going to go to Bethel University. Our parent church back in California ( Emanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, CA ) and the church we ended up at in MN ( Clarity Church a church plant in Brooklyn Park, MN ) are both associated with the Converge Conference family of churches. To me this meant Bethel was the obvious choice – In theory… When we … Click to Continue →