Whispering Wyrd

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Category: Politics

  • Today I Chose Peace

    I use the word chose deliberately because that’s what happened. I saw a headline that sent me down a rabbit hole. Clickbait works. As I kept on reading I could feel myself getting angrier and angrier. Before long at all I had started writing a post fueled completely by that anger and my sense of…

  • Faith Should Never Be Met With Violence

    Recently in Albuquerque, a city not far from where we live, a man reportedly pulled a gun on a Catholic priest after getting mad over the priest’s public support for religious freedom and his wife arguing with the priest. According to local news reports the disagreement centered on the priest’s support for the construction of…

  • A Trillionaire and a Hungry Child

    The world now has its first trillionaire. Think about that for a second. At the same time millions of people are struggling to buy groceries. Some adults skip meals so their children can eat. People ration meds because they can’t afford refills. Others put off doctor visits because one unexpected bill could push them into…

  • Why I’m “Liberal”

    I saw a post someone recently did about why they are conservative. Some of it I understood, even if I disagreed. But most of it was openly hostile toward other human beings, especially LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and anyone outside their version of Christianity. It made me think about why I hold the views I do.…