Author Archives: James Ernest

2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools

My wrap-up on the 2024 school-board election, starting from a small note from Florida with a big tie-in to Caledonia. It’s all about this question: should school-board elections be partisan or nonpartisan? Education won a small victory in Florida, where education very much needs some victories: voters rejected an initiative to make school board electionsContinue reading “2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools”

An important announcement: I am not changing my Facebook profile pic

So many questions this morning. Some huge, some trivial. I cannot deal with the big questions right now. So I give you my answer to a trivial question that you did not ask: I am not changing my Facebook profile picture. The “Love Anyway” hat stays. It feels heavier and tighter. I felt a powerfulContinue reading “An important announcement: I am not changing my Facebook profile pic”

All Saints in an election year

Not much of a story, but it’s true. I failed to get the whole story. I wish I had asked more questions, but I didn’t want to be any more intrusive than I already had been. Friday evening around 7, when I was getting home from work, a light-colored minivan that preceded me up GlengarryContinue reading “All Saints in an election year”

Always Running: sex, integrity, and Caledonia Community Schools

An unusual little speech by State Representative Angela Rigas in a recent school board meeting in Caledonia, MI, raises questions about the purpose of books in high school and about the importance of integrity in public leaders.

The Threat Angela Rigas Poses to Caledonia Community Schools

A guest post exposing the legal/financial risk voters would take by giving Angela Rigas allies a majority on the board of the Caledonia Community Schools district.

Christian Nationalism and Christian Zionism vs. Christian Scripture

In every attempt to merge Christianity and nationalism, the nationalism dominates and distorts the Christianity, because nationalism is about domination, while the way of Jesus Christ is self-sacrificial servanthood.

Again with “parental rights”: the return of a dog whistle

Here we go again. Campaign by dog whistle. How much did it cost Jessica Kohn to spam her little campaign plug into my iMessages account? And who paid for it? But she sent it to me, and I will respond. The first sentence of the message in the screenshot carries all the weight: Jessica KohnContinue reading “Again with “parental rights”: the return of a dog whistle”

A text and a question (2 Chronicles 15:13)

There is nothing special about this text. It just happened to come up today in the course of my reading and rereading my favorite book. Many other Old Testament texts have similar features. But as you will see, if you read on, this text, read in light of current events, left me with a question. Continue reading “A text and a question (2 Chronicles 15:13)”

A text and a question (2 Chronicles 15:13)

There is nothing special about this text. It just happened to come up today in the course of my reading and rereading my favorite book. Many other Old Testament texts have similar features. But as you will see, if you read on, this text, read in light of current events, left me with a question. Continue reading “A text and a question (2 Chronicles 15:13)”