Lessons for Living

Covid-19, the Governor, the Church, and Me

Have I changed my stand by now?
Stand fast in the Lord (Philippians 4:1)

For several weeks I’ve been wanting to update you on where I stand regarding governor mandates that affect church services in this Covid-19 era.

Before I tell you, though, I want you to know that early on (say mid-Spring 2020) I suspected the pandemic was being used for political advantage as well as for experimental authoritarian measures. Then I came to be suspicious of the “timeliness” of the foreign connections of the virus. And I was sure some of the governmental measures being taken were not at all on solid Constitutional grounds. Call me a conspiracy kook if you want, but I am persuaded of such things by now.

Even so — and here is the update in a nut’s shell, folks — Read it all

Lisa Miller: Why I Think She Was Right to Surrender

Wherein I give possible good reasons for supporting her decision
Pray for Lisa Miller

The evening January 29, 2021 — having first secured permission to do so — I broke this story into the public Web: Lisa Miller Surrenders Into US Custody.

I included this:

I believe Lisa did the right thing to protect her daughter Isabella in the course of the last eleven years or so. I also believe she did the right thing in surrendering now that Isabella is of age. I commend her for that.

Before long, I was asked via Facebook as well as private email why I think it was the right thing for her to do.

Before I answer the question, I present to you a principle and a warning from Someone far wiser and experienced than I: Read it all

How I Find Peace Amidst All the Pandemic, Tyranny, Fraud, and Instability

My one-step plan in dealing with covid-19, gubernatorial tyranny, authoritarian oppression, electoral fraud, economic instability, media manipulation, and societal destabilization

For us all, 2020 has been an amazing, disconcerting, troubling, troubled year on a variety of fronts.

  • Early on, we had the beginnings of a global pandemic which has swept up the rest of the year.
  • That pandemic may have been unleashed on the world by _____.
  • Politicians all over seem to have indulged their inner tyrant under the pretext of dealing with the pandemic.
  • Economies have staggered and shattered as a consequence.
  • Millions have been infected with the coronavirus (aka, COVID-19). Thousands have died from it.
  • Now the flu is down and suicides are up.
  • Then came the American elections with its shifts in political power and overpowering whiffs of fraud, deceit, and other criminality in the results.
  • And then there are the American news blackouts and tech giant censorships.
  • Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the rioting, looting, and anarchy in various American cities, often tolerated or endorsed by those who should have been putting them down.
  • And what about disrupted, restricted, and/or forbidden social interactions, religious events, and family fellowship?
  • Oh, yes, and the injustice and disregard for law across all segments of society.

2020 — the year of big-time Wow! Read it all

I Am Now Done With Covid-19

Coronavirus and the virus of fear right inside us

I am now done with Covid-19.
The news and the models are not what they seem,
The frenzy, the hype, the expert decree,
Do not synchronize with re-a-li-ty!

The sky is not falling, no war-planes above,
The children are wond’ring why all the hubbub,
This thing has a name – and it’s not a virus,
It is called fear – and it’s right inside us! Read it all

Above all, love God!