Tag Archives: Hope

5 Ways White People Can Help Right Now

Posted on June 6, 2020 by theboeskool

Over the last few days, I have had quite a few of my white friends reach out to me and ask the question, “What can I do?” People’s hearts are broken. People want to HELP. All these videos… All this … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged All lives matter, Black Lives Matter, Following Black Leadership, Hope, Naked Pastor, Nashville Protests, Not All White People, Police Brutality, Prophetic Black Voices, Protests, Racism, Reasons to be hopeful, Riot is the language of the unheard, Systemic Racism, Ways White People Can Help | 7 Comments

A Minneapolis Center For Low-Income Housing Asked For Food Donations… Here’s How People Responded

Posted on May 30, 2020 by theboeskool

This is going to be a very short post… If you’re anything like me, the last week has been a blur of depressing news… And part of the reason for that blurriness has been the tears in my eyes. You … Continue reading →

Posted in 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Demanding Justice, Food Donations, Generosity, George Floyd, Hope, Justice For George, Minneapolis riots, Police Brutality, Reasons for hope, Systemic Racism, The language of the unheard | 2 Comments

Donald Trump is the Real Virus

Posted on March 26, 2020 by theboeskool

In the 1930s, many, many people allowed themselves to be convinced that killing off the “weaker“ people in their society would help their nation be the strongest it could be. Some actively participated, while others looked the other way as … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Being taxed at 100%, Climate Change, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Don't get hopeless... Get angry, Dr. Fauci, EA$TER, Easter, Hope, Lack of masks, Megan Amram, Pandemic, Patton Oswalt, Prosperity Gospel, Quarantine Queen, Trump Cult, Trump is the Virus | 1 Comment

My Quarantine Theme Song

Posted on March 20, 2020 by theboeskool

What a very strange time we are living in. My sleep schedule is off… My dreams are all trippy and stressy… On a daily basis, I’m acutely aware of trying to breath my way through my own anxiety… I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Coronavirus Songs, Don't leave the house, Hope, Mennonite Choir, Quarantine theme songs, Rachel Weitsky, We are not alone | 1 Comment

Here’s How To Tell If Your Church Is Trash

Posted on January 16, 2020 by theboeskool

I heard a song today. It gave me hope — Which is something that seems to be increasingly rare these days… ESPECIALLY songs that have anything to do with Jesus or the Church or Christianity. But it happened, and I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Church Music, Daniel Deitrich, Great songs to sing in church, Hope, How to tell if your church is trash, Hymn For The 81%, Progressive Christianity, Putting kids in cages, Songs for worship leaders, The Cult of Trump, Trump Worship, White Evangelicals | 7 Comments

ICE Tried To Arrest An Immigrant Family. Their Neighbors Made A Human Chain To Protect Them…

Posted on July 22, 2019 by theboeskool

Today, in a the Tennessee town of Hermitage (a suburb of Nashville), Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to arrest and detain an immigrant man who was with his son. The man KNEW HIS RIGHTS, and did not allow the … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Abolish ICE, Deportations, Fabian Bedne, Hermitage, Hope, Human Chain, ICE, Immigrant rights, Loving Our Neighbors, Nashville Immigrant Rights | 1 Comment

The Morning After The Election: 3 Reasons To Be Hopeful

Posted on November 7, 2018 by theboeskool

After the results of the 2016 election started coming in and it became clear that the country was electing an awful, awful man to lead our country, I felt way more than just “disappointment.” I experienced a sort of existential … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged 2018 Election, Automatic Voter Registration, Beto O'Rourke, Blue Wave, Hope, Justice, Politics, Proposition 4, Reasons to be hopeful, The day after the election, The Moral Arc Of History, The Mourning After, Voting, Voting Rights, Women's Wave | 3 Comments

The Rise of the Immoral Majority

Posted on October 11, 2018 by theboeskool

You know what? Screw it… Maybe Donald Trump is the president America deserves. I was asleep. I was sound asleep tonight. I actually went to bed at a reasonable time. I thought to myself, “The world is a goddamn mess … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics, 3) Bathroom Humor | Tagged Apathy, Beto O'Rourke, Burn it all down, Climate Change, Cynicism, Hope, Jerry Falwell Jr, Marsha Blackburn, Phil Bredesen, Taylor Swift, Ted Cruz, The Immoral Majority, Third Party Votes, Trump | 12 Comments

If You Don’t Believe Online Conversations Change Anyone’s Mind, Then WHY ARE YOU COMMENTING?!?

Posted on September 27, 2018 by theboeskool

My Facebook page is home to some controversial and sometimes contentious subjects of conversation. In addition to my own comment-inducing posts, I have also surrounded my online persona with many people who feel very strongly about things (political, theological, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 4) All Of The Above, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Changing people's minds, Changing people's minds on the internet, Cynicism, Facebook, Hope, Hypocrisy, Online arguments, Online interactions, Political discussions online, Right and Wrong, Social media arguments, Social media debate, Someone is wrong on the internet | Leave a comment

Not Everything Is Crap. I Promise.

Posted on June 28, 2018 by theboeskool

I know it can feel that way. I feel it too. It can be easy to focus on all the things that are horribly wrong with the world. Supreme Court Justices and demonizing immigrants and immoral, corrupt leaders… It can … Continue reading →