UBU MINISTRIES

by Rev. Gregory Lowrey If you missed President Obama's State of the Union Address last night, you can watch it in full HERE . As usual, there was a lot of back patting, generality and hope for a brighter future through legislation. There was also recognition that our best innovative practices are the products of visionary individuals in the private sector who do not wait for government to solve personal, local or world-wide problems. There was another message though that stood out to me more than anything else and it was shouted out without words and that was a message of intolerance and hate - two principles that are both socially destructive and overtly anti-American. When President Obama proposed rights of the children of illegal immigrants, who by law (correct me if I'm wrong, please) are granted citizenship by being born on United States soil, decrying the deportation of bright minds after the investment of American Education and the failure to retain other forei...

by Rev. Gregory Lowrey While we perhaps consider the truism that not guns, but people, kill, we might also realize that a love of murder has permeated our entire world culture, setting the stage for all kinds of socially destructive behaviors. Our fears, managed and massaged by public relations specialists in media, government, service and social organizations, even churches, are used to manipulate us for the benefit of some or other special interest.  These "special interests" do not hold your interests to have value. I appreciated Mr. Herbert's editorial and wanted to share it here for your consideration. January 10, 2011 A Flood Tide of Murder By BOB HERBERT  New York Times By all means, condemn the hateful rhetoric that has poured so much poison into our political discourse. The crazies don’t kill in a vacuum, and the vilest of our political leaders and commentators deserve to be called to account for their demagoguery and the danger that comes with it. But ...