A thing or two I think I know

I believe… When the virus finally settles down, our national response will likely be viewed as one of two things: (1) it will be either a gigantic overreaction… (2) or an equally gigantic underreaction. We just don’t know which direction of a miss-hit our aim will be. We don’t have the wisdom or foresight to hit it just right. Responses to the crisis are all over the map. Look at social media, you’ll see what I mean. Some say we...

When the things that matter don’t matter

One month ago I was driving with a long-time friend to a college sporting event 80 miles away. My friend, who travels frequently to China, was sharing with me how the “China virus” was impacting his overseas business associates and customers. (At that time it was a China problem, not a U.S. problem…. and certainly not yet a global problem.) Today that college team we follow was supposed to be completing in the NCAA championships...

Getting Ahead of Fake News – with Angels & Shepherds

After the birth of Jesus, God wanted the word out. An occasion like this warrants some visitors. I doubt there were in-laws in the manger waiting area. And wise men wouldn’t appear until much later, after the news died down. This was before Facebook and Instagram. Mary wasn’t the hashtag kind of girl, anyways. #mywaterbroke… #tiredofsittingonadonkey… Nope. Nor was Joseph passing out cigars, fist-bumping the innkeeper while fumbling...