On losing an election

Posted on August 8, 2018 by jamesbradfordpate

theoutwardquest

I will probably not blog again until next week.

Looking at the rest of this week I just see too much travel and activity: a birthday celebration, a baseball game and the State Fair..

I am replacing my desktop CPU. I need to spend some time backing everything up.

Also, I am emotionally wrung out.

Yesterday was the primary election here in Missouri.

I was politically active this year for the first time since I was a very young man. When I was an active pastor, I never did anything political outside the privacy of the voting booth. I had to marry, bury, pray with, and teach people of all political persuasions.

Since I have retired I have pretty much continued that practice, although I have expressed an opinion about policies and elections a few times here. In retirement I do not feel as constrained as I once did..

This…

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About jamesbradfordpate

My name is James Pate. This blog is about my journey. I read books. I watch movies and TV shows. I go to church. I try to find meaning. And, when I can’t do that, I just talk about stuff that I find interesting. I have degrees in fields of religious studies. I have an M.Phil. in the History of Biblical Interpretation from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also have an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from Jewish Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from DePauw University.
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