sad and short-sighted at best; consistent though with all the other absurd actions of the current regime.

Very sad and short-sighted at best, although consistent with all the other absurdities emanating from the current regime.

:-(

The operative word, JD, is "legitimate." There is nothing legitimate about the abuse of power emanating from the executive branch.

I was looking in to moving to Mattoon as it is halfway between Minneapolis and Atlanta, but didn't know of the Mad Gasser.

Thank you, Jeff - well said!

The Emperor has no clothes

"no censorship" applies only to trump approved posts

Trans people are our family, friends, and neighbors. They can't be erased by a president or anyone else. When it comes to "liberty and justice for all," if "all" doesn't mean "everyone," we are lost as a country and the words have no meaning. www.startribune.com/trump-transg...

I signed. Thank you, Bishop Budde, for your witness.
www.change.org/p/we-are-sta...

More nasty ignorance emanating from the White House. An apology from Bishop Budde is, of course, not in order; she was proclaiming the gospel. Preachers are called to speak without fear or favor which is what she did. Thank you Bishop Budde.

“As my father said, ‘Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.’ So we must have both heart change and legislative change."

“the ultimate answer to the race issue will be when people obey the unenforceable.’ This “heart change” and the need for higher consciousness will prevent people from hurting each other, even when there is no law in place to stop them.”

Bernice King, in a 2021 interview King’s daughter Bernice talked about the book. “I believe it is a blueprint for us today on how to eradicate racial and economic injustice, while also advising us on the need for heart change."

Today is a good day to consider reading or reading Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, MLK’s last major book. It reveals that social transformation is both/and work - changing individual hearts & minds, AND dismantling & rebuilding systems that have codified & perpetuated oppression.

Enable us all to see that glorious day, when the morning stars will sing together, and the children of God will shout for joy. Thou who hast by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. Amen and Amen.

Be with us as we renew and rededicate ourselves to this still relevant struggle. Inspire us, illumine us, and grant us wisdom and courage for the facing of this hour. Bolster our faith so that we will be able to speed up the day when there will be peace on earth and goodwill toward all.

and none will make them afraid. A dream of leaders and all people who will do justly, and love kindly and walk humbly with you. So be with us, O Creator, as we share this time together, for though they killed the dreamer 50 years ago, they cannot destroy the dream.

where nations will no longer rise up against nations, neither will they study war any more. A dream where each will have what they need to live without fear of want, violence, or hatred, where women and men of all ages tongues and races will be welcomed to live into the fullness of their potential

But, by your grace, Gracious Creator, we still have a dream. A dream of inclusion, respect, and nonviolent coexistence. A dream of opportunity, dignity, and compassion. A dream of the beloved community where justice will roll down like waters,

Like him we know there are some difficult days ahead. Like him we know there are forces of enmity and ill-will that would deny the dream. The giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism threaten to turn the dream into a nightmare.

God of our weary years; God of our silent tears. Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way, be with us now. Be with us as we gather and we recommit to the dream articulated by our brother and your servant, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For like him, we still have a dream.

In Juneau is 2018, I participated in my last MLK Day Service before retiring. 6 years later on this day of the egregiously offensive convergence of King Day and the Inauguration, I offer the prayer I gave then. As will be readily apparent to many, few of the words are original with me: