“Subjects.”

We found out on the eve of our nations birthday a few weeks back that Thomas Jefferson first referred to our forbearers as “subjects” in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Upon reflection Jefferson made a monumental edit that deeded us with a revolutionary identity. It seems he sought quite methodically to expunge the word, to wipe it out of existence and write over it. Many

words were crossed out and…

I am torn. The Pastoral Minister part of me wants the BP oil spill to cause as little damage as possible to the environment and to the livelihoods of the good, decent people of the Gulf. For their sake I want the pain to be minimal. Yet, my short-term compassion carries with it a long run fear.

The Prophetic Minister part of me wants the results of the oil spill to be utterly devastating to fish, fowl, flora and finances. Even though the near term suffering would be Demonic in scope…

His given name was Billy Pete but his kin called him BP. He had witnessed his brothers get away with it for years so he figured he would try it. Truth is all the boys pretty much wrote their own rules of conduct. Their parents, Ronnie and Nancy believed they were good patriotic kids who had the best interest of the family and their town Rockwell at heart. "If you trust kids they will be trustworthy" was their credo.

Each of the boys were entrepreneurial, dynamic, go-getters. They had…

“We don’t know what the event that has allowed for this massive oil to be released. And until we know that, I hope we don’t see a knee-jerk reaction across this country that says we’re going to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, because the cost to this country will be staggering. From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.”

In a Twitter world…