Ramblings from the Ol' Broadcaster

For years I have started and ended my day with scripture. Many times it has had a great effect on how my day has gone. It has also caused many sleepless nights. Invariably when I want to sleep and grab a bible or open an app to read a little before bed, God grabs me, shakes me and forces me to think. Such is the case tonight. I Peter 3 is an amazing chapter that many people want to skip over because it begins with that pesky stuff about how God wants a marriage to work. You know, wives submitting and being called the weaker partner. Nevermind that these verses are often misinterpreted, I want to talk about something else. Beginning in verse 8, Peter throws out a challenge that is difficult. It is very counterintuitive to today’s culture, even in the church. He says that ALL of us are to be like-minded and sympathetic. He says that we must love one another, be compassionate and humble. AND we are not to repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, we are repay

I have never been one to support openly one candidate or another. How you vote is your business. I write this BEFORE the election results are in so that it won’t be seen as “sour grapes” or “nanny nanny  boo boo.” With that being said, I voted for Donald Trump today.  Why? Yes, he is arrogant.  Yes, he has a dim view of women.  Yes, he is brash.  Yes, his economic plan will probably not work.  No, I am not comfortable with him having a finger on the button.  And there are countless other reasons that I don’t particularly care for him. BUT, my main reason for voting for Donald Trump is the Supreme Court. I look at how much different our country is from when I was a kid.  Yes, a long time ago I know but for those of you who can think back. We had prayer before class. The PA guy prayed before ball games. We had CHRISTMAS BREAK and CHRISTMAS PLAYS at school No one was offended when I said “Merry Christmas” We didn’t have to be careful of how we phrased things, there was no po