Like most of my fellow Bereans, I would wish for a different outcome for president.  Yet I awoke on Wednesday with some political hope for the first time in eight years.  Yes, there are significant dangers, and Mr. Trump will likely provide more embarrassment than usual. But perhaps politics will follow the fundamental rule of […]

That has been my reaction several times in the last two days.  The first was when I turned on the television for the first time Tuesday midway through the evening and heard that Ohio had gone for Trump by double digits.  Wait…what!?!  I thought to myself.  The final vote was under 10% but that was […]

I have waged an extraordinarily minor campaign against Donald Trump as a nominee and as a candidate. I say “waged” very loosely, because I did not make it a point to oppose him, but I honestly believed a Trump presidency would be disastrous. I was troubled by his character, inexperience, temperament, and policies. As an […]

The historic election is over; President-elect Trump gave his acceptance speech just before 3 AM Eastern time this morning. Some United States citizens are elated over the prospect of Trump’s presidency and some are downcast at the collapse of our government. Many of us are somewhere in between. What do we do? The smoke has cleared. […]

At about 3 AM last night we were informed that Donald Trump would be our 45th president.  My daughter photographed the screen and we all went to bed.  But now the next phase in all this process begins: governance–which is very different from winning a campaign.  Before I get to that, let me say a […]

In his brief, first appearance as President-Elect, Donald J. Trump struck a magnanimous tone. He praised Hillary Clinton’s both for her service to our country and for a hard-fought campaign. Trump was gracious. In his remarks, Trump also referenced some policy possibilities. He called on America to “rebuild” our schools, highways, tunnels, bridges, airports, and […]

Happy Election Day!  For Americans in general this day is an opportunity for us as citizens of a republic to express our consent to both our political leaders and their policies.  The United States was the first true constitutional republic in history, though we see some parallels in seventeenth century Holland, and a few of […]

We are on the precipice of history. Unless something truly odd happens–but hasn’t the whole race been odd?–Nov. 9th will bring radical change to the United States. We will wake up with either our first female president, one who limps into office under the specter of an FBI investigation, or we will welcome into the […]

https://youtu.be/KBA75ySaN1E Blasphemous or Noble? Defensible or Disturbing? The RNC produced the above video, especially for churches, with hopes it would be played on Sunday, two days before the presidential election. Gov. Mike Pence, the GOP VP candidate, and the only speaker, closes with a quotation of 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called […]

The nightmare is almost over, and then it will really begin.  Absent a miracle, either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be our President.  We’ve wrestled with our choices, and most of us will hold our nose tightly and do something, albeit some think doing nothing is a principled response.  We’ve debated, discussed, commiserated and […]