• Links to new Youtube, podcast, and blog: “Breaking Bias for Better Living”

• America is not a Christian Nation

A new Podcast, Youtube, and Blog post is live today! This episode expands the two-part post on Bias that appeared in the past issues of TRACKS EXPRESS with new information and applications for daily living! Here’s the introduction. Hope you can connect soon!

“I wear glasses to correct the distortions in my vision. Everyone has some biases that distort our perception of the world. Some of these thought patterns cause us to stumble in relationships, work, or lifestyle. When we break those biases we can enjoy better living. In this episode I explore common biases, connect with the Disciples of Jesus on a wild night voyage, and offer some ways to change the biased thoughts that can hold us back from well-being.”

Segments of the episode include:

• What is a bias?

• Biased Disciples and a Ghost

• Awareness of my biases

• Stop what isn’t working

• Receive ideas from others

• Step back from the crowd

• Faith for better vision

Watch on Youtube

Listen on Buzzsprout

Read on the Signposts Blog

Join the Discussion on the TRACKERS Facebook Group

The current speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is a committed Christian Nationalist. He believes the United States must be ruled by Christians who believe fundamentalist doctrines enforced by authoritarian leaders. He was a part of the dishonest legal efforts to overthrow the 2020 Presidential election. Christian Nationalism rejects equal rights for women and LGBTIA, human rights for migrants, and reproductive rights.

The Founding Fathers and patriots of the United States specifically rejected the entanglement of the institutional church and the federal government, as clearly stated in the First Amendment. They were Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Deists, and Rationalists who united to create a secular state. This First Amendment was written following pleas from a liberty-loving Baptist named James Leland and others who met with James Madison, arguing for liberty of conscience and against the state being connected with a religion. Ultimately, Madison wrote much of what became the Bill of Rights for the U.S. Constitution. Dozens of laws and Supreme Court decisions have cemented this principle. Looking to Article 6 of the Constitution, where a religious test is prohibited as a qualification for public office, this strong wall of separation is further clarified. For more on this, look at the website of the Baptist Joint Committee, a non-sectarian group dedicated to religious liberty. Looking at the evidence, it is clear that the government of the United States of America is a secular nation. Period.

Let’s love the daffodils, tulips, and budding trees that signal a renewal of the growing season! Here are some of the bright yellow pioneers at The Bright Star Farm. Hope the renewal of the season brings hope in your life!