DIC Writes

“And since this is the last speech that I will give as President, I think it's fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received not long ago. A man wrote me and said: ‘You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.’

Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we're a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier. This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”

Excerpts from the farewell speech of former President Ronald Reagan - January 19, 1989

“The punchline of (the book of) Jonah is not Nineveh’s repentance but Jonah’s fury at God’s mercy. It is a scathing parody of nationalistic religion that wants God on ‘our side’ and cannot stomach the possibility that God’s love extends beyond our religious and political borders, especially those who we consider ‘enemies’." — Pastor Ben Cremer

Jonah: A Prophetic Critique of Religious and Nationalistic Arrogance. I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christianity. My desire is to discover how we can move away from Christian nationalism, religious fundamenta...

Imagine a coach who, after a team loss, instead of reflecting on their culpability, calls for the firing of the person operating the scoreboard.

Statistics are objective and unbiased, and they simply present data without any personal influence.

A true leader is humble and acknowledges their mistakes and actively works to learn and grow from them.

“Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.” — Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭12‬
https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.18.12.NLT