If you identify as a Christian please consider that Trump may be using God rather than loving God. Please consider that deporting immigrants without due process is the antithesis of God’s 52 commandments to protect vulnerable aliens with the law.

Cults, conspiracy theories, and artificial intelligence share the markers of partial truth, dressed up with fake love, and failing to be human or humane. The Spirit of Truth that Jesus promises and we can expect, is trustworthy, abiding, ultimate, and empowers us to do impossible things.

Yes, Michael Posner, Trump is trashing the most precious power of the U.S. But this power isn’t “soft.” It is strong and soulful.

Bullies like Donald Trump manufacture false enemies. That’s what he was doing with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If we follow Trump in fearing false enemies and ignoring true ones, we will betray our trust in God and our nation.

God's Word speaks to us from the Bible to help us grow in our relationship to God. It changes us from wanting the world to bless us to wanting to be used by a loving God to bless the world.

God is human, only more so. The divine and human come together in God and Jesus. And in us, when we follow our instincts about the "more so" of human kindness and love.

Holy Communion, done right, keeps us from dehumanizing God by letting the God of flesh and blood turn back into mere words.

We all seek the high of being carried away to something bigger than ourselves. Fake highs leave us empty. God's genuine high is with the Spirit of joy and love of all others.

There are unclean spirits loose in our age—renouncing every call for justice, equity, and care of the planet. But Jesus equips us with power over these—power we must use.