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Comments on Fox Business Republican debate

Posted on November 11, 2015

Fox journalists did much better keeping the debate on topic and they did not use the questions to attempt to make the candidates squirm as CNBC journalists did in the previous debate….

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A well-written and thoughtful article on religion and politics

Posted on June 1, 2011

It isn’t every day that you run into one of those.  But this definitely is one.  The distinctions it draws between separatism, fusion, and critical engagement are well thought out and wise. …

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The Budget Cutting Debate

Posted on February 27, 2011

http://blog.sojo.net/2011/02/24/this-is-not-fiscal-conservatism-its-just-politics/ http://www.optimum.net/News/AP/Article?fmId=51779945 It is revealing to observe the budget cutting debates.   As Jim Wallis of Sojourners rightly affirms, “A budget is a moral document.”   So budget cutting reveals moral priorities.  Where leaders…

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Election 2010 Reactions

Posted on November 3, 2010

Many Christians, including myself, have been praying specifically for these elections.  We have been concerned with the moral and spiritual direction of our country as well as the economic one.   Today I…

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Carl Paladino may be mad but he’s not crazy!

Posted on October 22, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tomtoles/2010/10/carl_paladino_unhinged.html http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/10/paladino_vs_brainwashing.html Commentators, especially liberal ones, have had a ball with Carl Paladino’s recent comments.  I quote one version of the supposedly offending lines. “Appearing before a group of Orthodox rabbis in…

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Kelvin Jones recently retired as pastor at Copper Hill United Methodist Church. He is married to JoAnne DeSerio Jones. They have one daughter and two grandchildren. He served as a pastor for 44 years. His hobbies are blogging, gardening and walking.

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