A lifetime student of the life of Jesus, Larry believes that Jesus’ interaction with a Samaritan woman and her community is the purest example of evangelism — sharing the good news message of love and hope across cultural boundaries. However, Jesus probably would not call himself an Evangelical. Larry explains why in this reflection on two Samaritan villages.
Continue reading →“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?
Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign. Continue reading →This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.
Continue reading →During the Obama years, Republicans have been haunted by Generic Republican — that nameless, faceless candidate who always out-performs the Democratic candidate with a name and face.
Moreover, Generic Republican also out-polled other Republican primary candidates!
Larry believes that the concept of Generic Republican has special significance in the last presidential election.
Continue reading →The 2016 presidential election results were not only surprising, but seemed to defy logic.
Larry Eppley is a 68 year old white male — raised Republican and an evangelical Christian. 80% of his demographic voted for Donald Trump. In this post-election reflection, Larry tries to understand the apparent willingness of white Christian evangelicals to ignore obvious signs of racism and xenophobia, with little regard to the destructive impact to our immigrant communities. Continue reading →The sight of unaccompanied children waiting just inside the border for the border patrol is, to say the least, surreal. We view this wave of migrants, at best, as a humanitarian crisis– and at worst, as an invasion of disease carrying third-world latinos. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →It was with a sense of “historic awareness” that I witnessed the combination of anger and fear present in the faces of those protesting the Hispanic women and children who were seeking refuge in my country. With USAmerican flags flying, they … Continue reading →
Continue reading →The embarrassment of the Republican champions of Cliven Bundy’s challenge to the Federal Government has led to a frantic effort by many to disassociate from an ignorant racist steeped in the conspiracy politics of the radical right.
Continue reading →The decision to speak his heart about immigration reform was more than a testing of the waters for a possible Jeb Bush presidential candidacy. It was a test of the Republican party itself. So far the outlook is not positive.
Continue reading →Jeb Bush shook the political landscape in April, 2014 when he drew a distinction between illegal immigration and serious crimes (misdemeanor versus felony). The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come … Continue reading →
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