Category Essays

Dealing with Problems

Dealing with anger, hostile debate, hatred towards opposition, disinformation campaigns, and animosity is difficult. It was difficult throughout human history and throughout USA history. Everyone has an opinion, usually an opinion that benefits themselves. Or an opinion they learned in…

Prayer, Simple Enough for a Child

Jesus prayed many times in scripture. He also taught his disciple’s a prayer. Luke 11:1-4 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John…

Prayer, Its Complicated

For many people prayer is a complicated task. There are rules and methods to follow. There are many Christian books explaining how to pray. How to get through to God. Why is your prayer not working. Why do some prayers…

What the Church Needs

I have been conservative most of my life. I don’t always vote for conservatives. I tend to be fiscally conservative but socially more inclined to what Jesus says in Matthew 25:31-46, when God separates the sheep from the goats for…

What God Loves

We start with Jesus’ words which I assume point to the things important to God. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not…

Ordo Amoris verses Love Your Neighbor

There is a discussion among multiple people concerning the proper Christian attitude towards immigrants. Among the debaters are J. D. Vance, Roy Stewart a member of British Parliament, and Pope Frances. Ordo Amoris is a Catholic teaching from Augustine and…

Helping Schools

When I was young, schools were a pleasant place to go and spend time with other children while learning things. It was mostly fun. No one wanted to do homework, take a test, or sit quietly and listen all day.…

Arrogance

American is a divided country. We live with never-ending debates over what can be done. The right believes the left is destroying the historical moral fabric of our country. The left believes the right is preventing the historical progress of…

Is Christianity the Best Religion?

Honestly, the answer is yes and no. Christianity as a religion is a long list of dos and don’ts. It is about behavior considered appropriate in the Bible. It is about finding a church that interprets the Bible the right…

Daily Bread

The first daily bread to come down from heaven was for the Israelites in the desert, as told in Exodus 16. It covered the desert every morning, was called manna, and tasted like wafers made with honey. The Israelites gathered…