(This letter was originally submitted to The Rockdale Citizen on May 11, 2011). Dear Editor, On May 10th, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) unveiled a budget proposal that cuts national spending from 25% of the GDP to 18.5%. Like other plans, Toomey’s enacts restrictions on entitlement spending and healthcare reform. As I listened to the conference, whatContinue reading “Compromise is an important part of leadership, federal budget debate”
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Good citizen, good Christian: The Obligation of Jury Duty
The other day, when our church’s administrators and I were hanging around the office, one of the administrators mentioned she had jury duty next week. Jury duty–just the sheer phrase makes us take a deep breath. Without asking whether or not she wanted advice, the other administrator and I talked about ways to get outContinue reading “Good citizen, good Christian: The Obligation of Jury Duty”
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