CONFESSIONS OF A STARBUCKS PASTOR

Very well, I've observed over the years. It's the rest of us who have been undone and/or amazed by a fellow human (no matter what their esteemed status) that causes us to ask this question. It might even be prefaced with a "can you believe THIS??" Every time someone tells me about something outrageous that happened to them and concludes their diatribe with "can you believe THIS???" I always respond with the same answer: "Yep, I'm not surprised by people anymore." Those people that have somehow trounced us that we lose sleep over are doing fine, thank you very much. They look in the mirror every day, back their cars out of the the driveway and go about their business utterly unaffacted by the harm they have left in their wake. It is all okay. Because when they look in the mirror, they are unfazed by truth. I doubt it was on their radar in the first place. My biggest prayer for harm-causers is that they become completely aware of their ro...

As written in my to-go files 10 days ago... Recent media stories depict traffic jam images about the New Jersey bridge closure fiasco now revealed apparently only for political reasons. Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen even performed an excellent spoof song on Jimmy's show. Some staffers high up in the Christie organization took it upon themselves, we are told, to close a key commuter bridge as a form of revenge against some who did not support their candidate. The governor held a press conference that wouldn't stop while making brash statements. He claimed he had nothing to do with what had happened and terminated the two people who had gone behind his back. He apologized and took full blame since they worked for him. He stated he was embarrassed, humiliated and hurt by the betrayal. I'm sure this story will continue to grow legs like a caterpillar, but let's just take it at face value. The leader trusted his team. He had a trusted inner circle that he had been...