It’s long past time for “Moscow Mitch” McConnell to retire from the U.S. Senate, gallop off into the sunset and go back to Kentucky. Proverbially speaking, of course. Everybody knows most senators never leave D.C. They become lobbyists, profiting a second time off the insider knowledge they gained at our expense by holding a public trust. ... Read More
Broward School Board still dislikes plan for addressing mental health crisis
“I’m not saying these positions aren’t necessary or needed, but for the referendum dollars, the focus was supposed to be on social workers, guidance counselors and psychologists,” Board member Patti Good said. “The public’s understanding is that these would be direct services to students.” ... Read More
The Gulf Stream is slowing down. That could mean rising seas and a hotter Florida
“If the Gulf Stream strengthens, you can think of that sort of sweeping the water away from the coast more rapidly and that tends to suppress sea level,” said Ben Kirtman, professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. “So a strong Gulf Stream is a good thing. And if the Gulf Stream weakens, just the opposite happens. It’s not sweeping away the water as much, and so sea level rises. If the Gulf Stream weakens, it... Read More
Bonhoeffer Convinced Me to Abandon My Dream
His words challenged everything I had learned about pastoral vision. In a seminary class on leadership, the professor gave us each the assignment of designing a church. We had to write out a mission statement, vision statement, values, and beliefs. I worked hard on it but received a B. Apparently, I overused the word gospel. The professor's note explained that the word was not contextualized enough for the post-Christian city I had identified as the location for this imaginary church... Read More
Rural Youth Ministry: Are We Ready for the Next Wave?: Part 2
We need to close the gap between younger and older generations. In Part 1, I talked about the Jesus Movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s that helped increase the youth ministry movement around the nation. The rural youth ministry that I oversee began as a result of this movement. In some ways, I believe that we are starting to see a new movement of God happening within the youth, but in looking back at what happened during the last movement, I think we need to prepare for this new wave... Read More
World Vision Helped Evangelicals Become Social Activists—Within Limits
A new history tracks the uneasy alliance between the organization and its core supporters. When World Vision responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, it didn’t tell supporters. The work wasn’t secret, exactly, but the organization also didn’t publicize what it was doing. It didn’t know how to publicize it, how to get evangelical donors to care about this particular crisis, AIDS in Africa. AIDS meant sex. AIDS was icky. It was associated with homosexuality, sexual... Read More
How deal-maker Cheryl Miller rose to become AutoNation’s new CEO
Miller, 47, was born in Puerto Rico. Her mother is originally from the island while her father, from New York, served in the Army. He later worked for the U.S. Postal Service. The family resided in Maryland, and then Virginia, where she went to college, earning her bachelor’s degree in finance and business administration. ... Read More
Autopilot failed to keep Tesla from sliding under semitruck at 68 mph, lawsuit claims
According to the preliminary report, Banner was driving south on State Road 7, where the speed limit is 55 mph, when the tractor-trailer pulled out in front of the Tesla, attempting to cross the southbound lanes and turn left to go north. Surveillance videos and forward-facing video from the Tesla show the truck slowed and blocked the Tesla’s path, the report said. ... Read More
Tesla Autopilot steered car under semitruck at 68 mph, lawsuit claims
According to the preliminary report, Banner was driving south on State Road 7, where the speed limit is 55 mph, when the tractor-trailer pulled out in front of the Tesla, attempting to cross the southbound lanes and turn left to go north. Surveillance videos and forward-facing video from the Tesla show the truck slowed and blocked the Tesla’s path, the report said. ... Read More
Heavy rain, high tides will make for a wet South Florida weekend
The high-tide flooding will be minimal, and at any other time might have barely been noticed. They will not be high enough to cause “sunny day flooding” that brings water into the streets of Miami Beach, parts of Fort Lauderdale and other coastal areas (not that anyone’s expecting sunny days any time soon). ... Read More