Showing posts with label Evangelical Christian Minister Rev. Rob Schenck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evangelical Christian Minister Rev. Rob Schenck. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2022

OMG! Re-evaluation happens

News blues

The following is a very important point of view shared honestly by someone who was instrumental in the radicalization of current anti-abortion dogma. Please watch!
Evangelical Christian Minister Rev. Rob Schenck courageously admits he lost his way with his fervent anti-abortion views and how such views  were co-opted by cynical Republican politicians. 
While many people - particularly women - were harmed by his extremism, Schenck admits, and worked through, his  erroneous worldview, In this interview, shares his path and his course-correction: “Fmr. Pro-Life Leader on Abortion Ruling: Our Movement Has Lost its Soul” >> (18:15 mins)
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The Lincoln Project:
This was planned (1:25 mins)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Texas. I just returned from a four-day visit to the over-heating state. Between 10:30am and 6:30pm, the heat is, literally, unbearable for humans and other mammals. 
What's more, masks-as-protection-against-Covid are rare in the Houston conurbation.
Texas is a reminder that it's difficult to assess where things  – social, cultural, economic, political, and climatic – are headed, not only in Texas, but globally. 
I fear things are headed nowhere good or life-affirming.
What are we humans doing?
Alas.
(Then again, the transformation of someone like the Rev. Rob Schenck (interview above) does offer some hope. I hope.)
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SF Bay Area:
Sunrise: 5:49am
Sunset: 8:34pm

KZN, South Africa:
Sunrise: 6:54am
Sunset: 5:10pm