I don’t know about you, but I badly need an Attitude Adjustment. Everything just seems to be screwed up, from the state of the World in general, to the deep divisions within our country, to I can’t clean my car's windshield at our Shell station anymore because someone...
America
Trumped at the Midterms?
I’m generally a conservative-libertarian person of faith. On most issues you’ll find me in the middle of a square roughly defined by Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell, Charlie Kirk and Michael Youssef. I was so energized after the 2024 election, as were most friends and...
Will We Learn This Time?
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis should rightly concern everyone and invite transparent investigation. Early this week the truth appeared to be coming out, as one would hope, and so far it has certainly not been on the side of the Ice Agents or the early...
Thanksgiving For Christmas
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach I know it’s easy to be pulled into all the planning details and to wind up dreading the month, just the opposite of what God intends. So this year I’m going to actively focus on three aspects of these special days which are...
Five Fabulous Fixes for President Trump
Whatever you think of President Trump’s accomplishments in the first nine months of his second term, you have to agree that they are significant, and that he can be a strong force for change. But he will soon be a lame duck, unable to run again. And he will then be on...
Engage, Don’t Demonize
I had lunch with a good friend this week, and we lamented the demonization today of almost every public figure by some group or other public figure. Since I’ve written two novels about demons and spiritual warfare, with the second, Nation On The Edge, set in...
A “Deal” or Core Values?
Given my personal history with the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine, starting in 1969 as a graduate student and then ministry in Kyiv in 1991 and running real estate offices in both capital cities in the exciting days of 1991-2013, I am often asked what we should now...
Trump Tariff Whisperer
I’m sure that Elon Musk is smart. More importantly, President Trump thinks Elon is smart and apparently listens to him. I’m therefore addressing this post to Mr. Musk in hopes that he can convince the President that he’s about to make terrible mistakes on...
2025
As we prepare to turn the calendar to 2025, and as I prepare to turn 78, I have written down a group of Hopes/Prayers for the coming year, and also a group of Personal Resolutions. You know I’m a follower of Jesus, who transformed me forty years ago, and that we live...
Giving Thanks
This short monthly post is meant to be a postscript to a longer essay I wrote nine years ago, which focuses on two “big picture” aspects of Thanksgiving. I just re-read it, and I don’t think I’d change a word. Please take a minute to read the earlier post, Why...











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