TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less: Recent Episodes
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TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less is a weekly reading of the award-winning writings of Steven A. Craig. Humorous and insightful, they are, "“a collection of searingly honest takes on the ills that plague modern America by one of today’s most important voices”.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses corporate boycotts based on inclusivity versus those exclusivity. He also explains why both Chick-Fil-A and Bud Light are disgusting purely on a gastronomical level.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains how the real divide in this country lies in rural versus urban demographics.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how our shortening attention spans are impacting the game of baseball.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look at how our disposable culture is impacting our environment and our souls.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the nature of loss and impermanence.
In this week's return of the TRUTH podcast, Steven gives his New Year's Resolutions and talks about the lessons we can learn from our dogs.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why Republicans cannot be allowed to distance themselves from True after enabling him for the past 8 years.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less: Steven discusses the free speech and cancel culture ramifications of antisemitic comments made by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven exposes the growing trend of political candidates misrepresenting their own unpopular positions.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explores the far-reaching potential of aggregate cell phone tracking.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why the music of this era just plain sucks.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks what we can do when one of our sports heroes Tuens out to be a jerk like Brett Favre and what you should do if you catch a foul ball worth six or seven figures.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven frets over the moral hypocrisy of watching football.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why Lindsey Graham's abortion bill only serves to undermine Republicans' chances in this November's election races.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks what the hell is going on in society today....
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven dismisses Biden's student loan forgiveness programs and asks the more important question of why we aren't doing more to lower the cost of college in the first place.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Kinzinger should be the next VP and why the the U.S. should not be negotiating for the release of Britney Griner.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Biden should let someone else be the 2024 Democratic candidate for President.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains the difference between entertainers and artists and why Bob Dylan is definitely the latter.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how short-term rentals are impacting resort communities and delves into how our political indifference is enabling a Republican push towards a repressive authoritarianism.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how Replacement Theory deflects from the real source of poor whites' misfortune: wealthy white people.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the ramifications of The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard verdict on the #MeToo movement.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why it is way past the time for thoughts and prayers after yet another school shooting rocks the fabric of American society.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that we should be experiencing our life, not filming it.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven tells parents why they need to tell their kids "No" every once in awhile.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests how the reversal of Roe v. Wade signals a further undermine of American freedom by the Republican Party and the Evangelical Christians that support them.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven exposes how the Supreme Court's decision to undo Roe vs. Wade signals the Republican Party's continued erosion of the principles of Democracy itself.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains how Tucker Carlson's theory of testicle tanning may seem like nothing more than a laughable absurdity, but a far more dangerous reality.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how the erosion of the assumption of the risk doctrine has made America a whole lot less fun.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses how both our individual selves and our collective society are better when we embrace the masculine and the feminine.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven shows how we can all make a positive difference in the world, even if it's just one small act at a time.
The theme of this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less?
Posting crap on social media don't mean shit. Go out and make the world a better place. And donate to help a Ukrainian student stay in school here.
https://gofund.me/14683142
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the issue of transgender women competing in women's athletics.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines government inefficiency and incompetence.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the potential impact of over half of American teachers suggesting they are considering not returning to teach next year.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven addresses two separate topics: formalism and the current realities of the Covid pandemic.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that Critical Race Theory isn't a theory at all. It's the TRUTH, plain and simple.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how cancel culture has started going after its own, only serving to drive more and centrists further to the right.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses why Biden should nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court without telling everyone that those are qualifications for the job.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that the sodomy laws that are still on the books in 15 states are a continual reminder of how we have often failed to live up to our own purported principles of democracy of equal justice under the law.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that perhaps we don't need to cancel this beloved classic after all...
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven gives his annual list of New Year's Resolutions sure to go hopelessly awry.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene represent the dumbification of American politics.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven lists what he is grateful for in a world that seems to have gone utterly mad....
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes look at the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial and explains why this is not a case of self-defense.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks if white men have a reason for being angry and discusses what we should do about it.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look back at Eric Clapton's checkered racial past and asks if we should cancelling artists with offensive perspectives or if we can truly separate the art from the artist.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven encourages us to want less and smile more, being grateful for the things we have rather than always craving the latest and greatest.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 or Less, Steven discusses the importance of sports or other extracurricular activities for kids' personal development.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven reminds us to accept and embrace our personal shortcomings in order to more fully appreciate the unique qualities that make each and every one of us amazing human beings.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explores how our once healthy discussion of topics of national importance has devolved into a close-minded team mentality that keeps both the left and the right in their respective camps while drowning out any perspectives from the other side.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven delves into the societal import of The Who's classic rock anthem.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks how men in the Texas state legislature could dare try to deprive women of autonomy over their own bodies by passing an abortion bill that flies in the face of American democracy.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven asks if our federal budget, and our significant allays into military defense spending, suggest that as a society we are operating from a place of fear rather than a place of love.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that given the continued rise of the obesity epidemic, we should be shaming poor dietary habits and lack of exercise the same way we shame smoking and drug use.
This week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less takes a more philosophical look at how we as human beings try to make nature adapt to us rather than allowing ourselves to adapt to it.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses religious conformity and the role of religion in social justice with the Rev. Dr. Marcia Ledford, Cvil Rights Attorney.
Email marcia@miptm.com
Website https://www.politicaltheologymatters.com
Media Resources https://www.politicaltheologymatters.com/media
The Rev. Dr. Marcia Ledford’s blog
https://www.politicaltheologymatters.com/blog
Harvard Implicit Bias Testing (on numerous topics) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/education.html
Civil Discourse Training offered via The Episcopal Church For Individuals: https://www.churchnext.tv/library/instruments-of-peace-a-guide-to-civil-discourse/109671/about/ For Groups: https://www.churchnext.tv/library/instruments-of-peace-a-guide-to-civil-discourse/109671/about/
A Spirituality of Resistance
Great resource for the spirituality of resistance. Roger writes about creation care, but the concepts are applicable to any issue. The spirituality of resistance involves doing the inner work to discover what your passions are. Then you join with others sharing these common goals to work for justice and the greater good.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Theologically-Howard-Stone/dp/0800699327?asin=0800699327&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
Be sure to get the latest (third, I think) edition of this wonderful book. It’s about understanding our “embedded” theology, that which we grew up absorbing and believing, As we grow up and grow in faith, we often realize that what we’re taught often doesn’t relate to our life. The authors, Stone and Duke are seminary professors. They do a great job writing about how we are all theologians, whether we have a bunch of letters after our names or not. That’s because we all must navigate our society, current events, and or daily life as people of faith. This is a great book for “evangelicals” and those who are “deconstructing” their faith.
Family Acceptance Project (Resources for LGBTQ youth, families, and caregivers)
https://familyproject.sfsu.edu Several publications are available by giving your email address and zip code
The Saint Helena Psalter (Church Publishing, 2004) Inclusive language version of the 150 Psalms found in the Bible Excellent text for LGBTQ populations
Links for LGBTQ people of faith
LGBTQ Resources from The Episcopal Church
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/who-we-are/lgbtq/organizations/ The Human Rights Campaign (interfaith resources)
https://www.hrc.org/resources/faith-resoures
The National LGBTQ Task Force
Creating an inclusive and welcoming church:
http://www.welcomingresources.org/communityorg.htm:
Anti-Human Trafficking National Hotline
https://humantraffickinghotline.org
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how our "everyone gets a medal" society is leaving young people wildly unprepared for the realities they will encounter in a competitive job market.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven interviews Federica Bressen, college professor and host of the podcast Technoculture. The two discuss how travel widens our perspective and cultural relativism amongst other topics.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the unadulterated selfishness of those opting to not get vaccinated and the impacts their misguided decisions are having on everyone else.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven puts a positive spin on the recent worker shortage by showing how the expansion of unemployment benefits has tilted the supply and demand dynamics in hiring away from employers and given employees more bargaining power to demand a living wage.
In this week's installment of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look at the IOC's banning of American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson after she tested positive for marijuana and asks if it is time for us to align our athletic and employment drug policies to coincide with scientific research on cannabis.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains why he loves being naked and how we should all try to be offended a whole lot less.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines some of the not-so-obvious ramifications of the recent SCOTUS decision allowing for college athletes to be compensated. While many have argued that colleges shouldn't be allowed to profit on certain sports without compensating the athletes that play them, paying college athletes would have more negative impacts than many people realize.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven reflects on how the famous Voltaire quote "If God did not exist, Man would need to invent Him" fits into a modern context and an increasingly atheistic society. Do we need religion to be moral human beings? And if we don't get our moral values from religion or society, what can the source for them be?
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains to Joe Manchin and others how the filibuster is destroying democracy in America and needs to go.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the world's overpopulation problem and the mindset that compels folks to have more than two children.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven goes after the folks who have opted to not get vaccinated but still go into the public sphere without a mask, exposing them for the selfish, duplicitous nitwits they really are.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how the ouster of Liz Cheney from her leadership position signals a dangerous development in the Republican Party where the truth itself is being cancelled.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven talks about what it means to be turning 50.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven takes a look at what it means to be a Deadhead in the modern era and examines how the seeming hypocrisy of their online vitriol is similar to the moral double standard found in many religions.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven looks at the impacts, both good and bad, of the virtual workplace and considers how this might change our lives going forward.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven provides a scathing expose of the cultural phenomenon of YouTubers.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explores the inherent racism in the immigration debate and examines how hispanic Americans contribute rather than detract from our nation's communities.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how Republicans are using voter suppression laws, like the one in Georgia, to try to steal elections they know they cannot win otherwise, all under the false pretenses of voter fraud with no evidence to support it.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the ramifications of the murder trial of Derek Chauvin on not only racial equality but the entire American justice system.
In this week's edition of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven exposes the hypocrisy of Trump voters who are now calling for Gov. Cuomo's resignation.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven explains how a willingness to see the racial divide through the other's perspective might just help us to bridge the divide that still seems to keep us apart.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven questions why we seem to care so much about the British Royal family.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines how the two very different perspectives on our economic recovery from the pandemic serve to highlight the growing wealth disparity in our nation. Is this widening economic divide tenable going forward?
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses Disney's decision to air a disclaimer before episodes of the Muppets that some might find offensive. Is this yet another example of cancel culture gone too far or a reasonable compromise that acknowledges our nation's questionable history with marginalized populations?
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven suggests that we shouldn't rejoice in Rush Limbaugh's death, even if he was a giant a'hole...
After Tom Brady's decisive win in Super Bowl LV (are we contractually allowed to use that term?), this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less ends the debate once and for all on who is the greatest NFL player of all time.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven debunks the notion that social media platforms are somehow infringing on first amendment rights by fact checking posts and disabling the accounts of repeated peddlers of misinformation. Consider it a lesson in Civics 101....
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven looks at the rise of Karens through the prism of both gender and racial inequality.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less Steven examines how schools like Alabama and Clemson are destroying the competitive balance in college football, rendering the sport entirely unwatchable.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven examines the culpability Republican leaders and right wing media news outlets share the blame for inciting last week's insurrection at the United States Capitol.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven gives us his list of New Year's resolutions for a year sure to go horribly awry.
In this week's episode of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven shows us how Jesus would be horribly disappointed with the words and actions of many who purport to be Christians.
In this week's installment of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the potential ramifications of a coronavirus vaccine.
In this week's installment of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven discusses the dangers of insulated social media sites like Parler and the unfounded conspiracy theories and misinformation they disseminate.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven embraces the spirit of the season and expresses thanks for the few things that have kept us all sane during an otherwise crazy 2020.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven breaks down Oregon's new law decriminalizing all recreational drug use and examines both its pragmatic and theoretical impacts.
In this week's TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, Steven reflects on where the 2020 election has left us and tries to envision a path forward for a nation where 47% of the electorate supports a candidate like Trump.