The Pastor's Ponderables

We are living in critical times where the country is divided and the administration has gone off the rails.     Billionaires pay less in taxes than secretaries or firefighters.     Politicians spend their entire terms campaigning and fundraising — and kowtowing to rich donors who shape their legislation so that THEY don’t have to pay the taxes we do.     Many people are so disgusted that they have checked out — they no longer participate in the political process. Which is exactly how we got a dysfunctional, corrupt administration putting our democracy at risk. We need to save our democracy, and I have a plan for that. But first let me say that I am not one of those people who says all politicians are bad, corrupt bums who should be thrown out on their ears.    I believe most go into politics for the right reasons — to serve their community and make it a better world.   Unfortunately, they work in a system that for...