Pen-demic

By Judy Richardson  December 15, 2020 Heather Cox Richardson stated today: “Yesterday, the official Twitter account of the Arizona Republican Party asked followers if they were willing to die to overturn the election, then posted a clip from the film “Rambo” in which the main character is threatening someone’s life, saying “This is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something.”  It makes us uneasy. “How extensive are the forest fires Trump is leaving behind?” His scorched earth policy seems to be affecting all areas of government and radicalizing his followers. His contempt for the “Deep State” is obvious. But beyond that his callous regard for American citizens who do not kowtow to him is contemptible. It is clearly killing us in droves. Meanwhile he is profiting from his “attempt” to overturn our 2020 election. Who knows what will happen in Georgia, especially if Democrat senators are elected? Will there be Civil War?  This should be a season of Joy- n...

 by Judy Richardson  October 20, 2020  As a child I don’t remember fearing very many things. My most common nightmare was of having my brother sucked down a bathroom drain as I struggled to hang on to him. The dream would end without resolution. Years later my husband and I were needed to help him out of a crisis.  In Thursday morning Bible study we have been examining Dr. Seuss stories for scripturally inspired parallels. The last one was the “Butter Battle Book” about two groups of characters—one which buttered bread on top and one underneath. Because of their differences, they hated one another. They built a wall and then built gadgets to hurl and shoot at each other. Eventually they invented a doomsday weapon and the book ended without resolution, like our world’s MADD nuclear deterrent.  The ending brought to my mind 1963 and the Bay of Pigs incident. I was 14 and I remember the fear I felt from my father as he gathered food and placed it in our cellar in R...