Randy Elrod's Blog, page 27

A Return to Simplicity and A Refusal of Shame

The past year has been the most enjoyable of my life. This despite the political chaos, the pandemic, the care of an elderly parent, and continued estrangement from my children and grandchildren. It...



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Trump Says He Is The “Law and Order” President. Really? Here Are The Facts.

I did a little research. —There have been 3500 people killed by police since Trump became President. (Source: NYTimes) —In Trump’s First Year as President, there were Twice as Many Mass Shootings...



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Activism & Allyship Guide

If we are to advance the cause of racial justice, it has to be done both in the moments when we are outraged and in the quiet moments when there isn’t a new hashtag borne out of a specific moment of...



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“Easy Target” My Latest Watercolor

Original 24″ x 36″ Graphite and Watercolor on Handmade Paper “Easy Target” Throughout history, freedom has been suppressed by white male authoritarians in religion and the...



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The Quest Explained: What If You Live To Be Eighty?

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Are My Watercolors Art or Pornography?

Look at this painting. Is it of a nude person, or would you label it a naked person? Is it a woman, a female, a girl, or a lady? Which word is precisely the right one? From my perspective, as the...



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Trump And The Debilitating Shame of Evangelicalism

As I continue to be confounded by the irrational and heretical support of Trump by Christians I have come to understand a few things: The average white evangelical male is filled with shame....



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Trump’s Culture of Easy Religion

I was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister at the age of 21, over forty years ago. I served churches for more than three decades and as the Pastor of Arts on the executive staff of two of the...

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My Latest Watercolor: “Lady of Corbenic”

“Lady of Corbenic” 17″ x 28″ Handmade Watercolor Paper and Graphite For many years Lancelot drifted in a mysterious boat, in self-exile out on the open sea, and gradually his...

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My Latest Watercolor “Agape”

Original Watercolor and Graphite  18″ x 24″ “They will know we are Christians by our love.” Fr. Peter Scholtes

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