As we hear reports of people dying in isolation we find ourselves confronting the outcome of women who have never married and those couples who chose to remain childless. Carmen talks with Ben Johnson about the generational destruction of the traditional family and the impact experienced during the pandemic. Carmen touches briefly on the 10th […]
The headlines keep coming. Just today “Newly promoted Chicago Police Department deputy chief dies in apparent suicide.” The stats keep piling up: “Suicides and Drug Overdoses are killing more people than COVID, CDC director says”. And in places where assisted suicide is legal, people who perceive themselves to be a burden on family, friends or […]
Carmen talks today with Susan Mattingly, a public school teacher in Detroit, about the particular challenges her students face during COVID closures – and if schools don’t fully reopen. They also discuss the math and sociology of predictive policing. Carmen shares some ideas for churches in communities where schools are not offering a normal schedule […]
This is a great hour of conversation with Justin Giboney from The & Campaign and pastor Tony Merida on his new book, Christ-Centered Conflict Resolution. Enough said, just listen. https://nwmedia-ondemand.streamguys1.com/mornings-with-carmen/20200728105010-07-28-2020-Mornings-with-Carmen-HR2.mp3
What’s you’re personal political purity test? Senator Josh Hawley made news by announcing he would only vote to confirm a Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court who stated in advance that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. That’s called a litmus test. Democrats have them too – in the other direction. What’s yours? The reason […]
Last week, one the world’s most high profile personalities, Kanye West, had a very public breakdown and disclosed private matters from his marriage in a very public way. His wife responded with an appropriate mixture of concern for her husband, outrage, and personal hurt. Friends intervened. And Kanye West very publicly apologized to his wife. […]
Carmen’s opening commentary is premised upon the sermon she heard on Sunday morning from Josh Hussong at gccnashville.com. The sermon explores Romans 5:1-11 which reads (ESV): “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this […]
Can you be good without God? That’s Carmen’s opening conversational salvo. She shared that earlier this mont, the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, moved to legally recognize polyamorous “families.” The linking of that decision to the economic stats Carmen offered might confuse you unless you know the connection between wealth and what people think about God […]
What’s your most embarrassing moment? Would anyone, other than you, remember it? That all depends on just how public it was and just how high profile the media (or social media) coverage. The illustration here is Dr. Anthony Fauci throwing out the first pitch in the much anticipated delayed opening day of MLB’s 2020 truncated […]
Carmen leads off with: This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24 On this date in 1904, the ice cream cone – a rolled cornucopia of crust designed to hold 2 scoops of ice cream – was first available. On this date in 1967 […]