Larry was once taught that the institutional church and the kingdom of God were the same. Experience, however, has taught him differently. Larry grew up during racial segregation. Being a church leader involved in Hispanic outreach has resurfaced old questions about social responsibility.
Continue reading →Larry opens his heart on behalf of the status of immigrant families now victimized by an environment of fear and hate.
Continue reading →A portrait of Andrew Jackson now keeps a watchful eye in the Oval Office, often appearing over President Trump’s left shoulder. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon likes to cast the president as Jacksonian.
Jackson, well-known for his forcible removal of large numbers of American residents, made no secret of his belief in white supremacy. Continue reading →Donald Trump is not particularly known as a man of prayer.
While his well-crafted speech sought to emphasize the spiritual over the material, his obsession with his own successes was again on display, . Continue reading →There is a reason the novel is popular after 68 years. George Orwell’s study of the art of lying for political profit is finding modern-day relevance.
The 1949 novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four has once again become a best-seller, with additional printings ordered.
George Orwell invented words such as Doublethink and Newspeak. Like Winston Smith (the propagandist working for The Ministry of Truth), spokesman Sean Spicer has specialized in turning falsehoods into truth.
Larry recalls an interview between MSNBC Craig Melvin and Sean Spicer in 2016.
Continue reading →President Trump has reportedly criticized his Press Secretary for not wearing a dark suit. This may be the least of Sean Spicer’s challenges.
To be the spokesman for an administration at war with the very press corps that he must face daily will undoubtedly prove daunting.
Continue reading →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.
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