Come to Jesus

IF AMERICA EVER NEEDED a "come-to-Jesus" moment, the time is coming.  A time when deep running differences are settled in a frank and decisive way.  When the game is up and it becomes crystal clear which direction to go.

That moment is coming up on election day in November.  Only a trouncing stands a chance of enabling Americans to move ahead together.  The renunciation of attempts for authoritarian rule.  A close result will not do.  We need a blow-out to begin healing the scars.

My efforts are focusing on people of good faith, intentions and, yes, respect for American ideals to join the come-to-Jesus moment with their vote in November.  To Trounce Trump & Co. in a landslide big enough to make Warren Harding the year's most highly googled ghost.

Historically we've seen where racial hatred, religious fanaticism, and demagoguery leads. We've each been taught to see God and Jesus in different ways.

This year, let's hope the vision leads us to find the lasting message of Jesus in a moment of truth.

Postscript update 12 August:  Trump & Republican Bigs decided to have a come-to-Jesus meeting of their own, arguing about campaign money and the made-up stories coming out of their nominee's mouth.  Trump this week asked pastors to pray for him, in a rare hail-Mary bipartisan appeal....