Month: October 2021

The Plain Dealer reported today (10/26/21) that the six major Republican candidates running to replace retiring US Senator, Rob Portman, were at a candidates forum near Columbus this past Sunday night. The forum was organized by a group of “socially conservative evangelical voters” belonging to an organization called the Center for Christian Values. What a terrifying collection…

Two and a half years ago, before Covid-19 changed everything, I was invited to give a series of six Sunday sermons at an historic, urban, church in downtown Cleveland. While the church was not of my United Methodist denomination, I had – over my 32 years of pastoral ministry in the city – built valued…