Author: James Hogan
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I don’t know Dante Whitbeck. Never met him, never interacted with him. I didn’t know his late cousin Anthony Huber, either. I suspect most of the folks across this nation don’t know them, and had never heard of Huber before he died very publicly on a street in Kenosha, Wis. I first heard of Whitbeck…
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If my obsessive traits were passed on — and we’ve seen some evidence of that with healthy pastimes such as fishing well beyond the norm — being aware of it enough to ensure they didn’t indulge unhealthily in distractive or destructive things has paid off. True story… I have an addict’s personality. I know this,…
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In the Bible, the people of Israel cry out to God for a human king. God tells them no, that they already have a king in Him, and they don’t need a human king. The people, looking at the nations surrounding them, continue to ask for a human king. God warns them they won’t like…
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Photo by WOKANDAPIX on Pixabay There’s lots of confusion, fear and arguing over what to do as the school year approaches. With five weeks to go, public schools are dealing with loud voices yelling the kids should be allowed to go back to school. Others are yelling just as loud that it endangers the kids, the teachers and the staff…
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The mind follows some odd roads some times. I stopped by the cemetery the other day to see if my dear friend Randy Mays’ tombstone had been set in place and was glad to see it had. As I looked at it, I thought about meeting Randy and how he’d shared with me his brother…
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Black lives matter. They certainly matter to me… my wife of nearly 30 years is black. Our four children, in the parlance of both 1800’s labeling and modern racial thought, count as “black” despite being biracial. Our extended family is black on one side, white on the other. Faithbridge is a multiracial congregation, which pleases…
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Black lives matter. They certainly matter to me… my wife of nearly 30 years is black. Our four children, in the parlance of both 1800’s labeling and modern racial thought, count as “black” despite being biracial. Our extended family is black on one side, white on the other. Faithbridge is a multiracial congregation, which pleases…
