Stephen J. Matlock's Blog, page 31
January 13, 2018
Evangelicals and Their Pottage
I could not care less if you voted for or follow Trump. To each their own. I DO CARE, very, very much, when you claim with the same mouth that you worship Jesus AND that you follow Trump because of his “values.” You cannot put Jesus and Trump in the same circle. Trump is a… Read More »
January 11, 2018
Screenplay Reading
My short screenplay “The Future Like the Morning Star” will be read at two public readings. On January 18th (Thursday) and January 19th (Friday), 2017, the Black Dog Arts Cafe will be hosting the Fifth Annual Playwrights Festival. Shows start at 8:00 pm PST each night. $10 suggested donation; proceeds go to the Black Dog… Read More »
December 23, 2017
The Evangel and Evangelicals
It’s weird to me. My friends who are not connected to white Evangelicalism see all the things white Evangelicals are doing. They see the open adulation of whiteness and religiosity and absolutely crazy & delusional “rationalizations” for supporting people like Trump and Moore and somehow making it OK because Jesus. This is actually going on,… Read More »
December 17, 2017
Review: A Civil War Christmas
We saw #Taproot Theatre’s production of “A Civil War Christmas” last night, and I have to say, I wanted to like this more, but could not. This was not due to the sets, the lighting, the staging, the choreography, the sound, the music, costumes, or the actors—all which were competent and professional. It was the… Read More »
December 12, 2017
Evangelicals Lose It All for Their Mess of Pottage
I have to say this AGAIN IN CAPS to my Evangelical friends: WHEN YOU MAKE IT ALL ABOUT ABORTION, YOU END UP WITH TERRIBLE, DESPICABLE CANDIDATES WHO KNOW YOU HAVE NO OTHER STANDARDS. Had Evangelicals looked at the candidates in Alabama in the primary, they would have selected Luther Strange, who would have won this… Read More »
December 11, 2017
Love Wins, But Sometimes It Comes in Second
“May God have mercy on us all. I only know I miss my daughter Patti very much and I am grateful for having her as my daughter.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/p... Would you abandon your child if they told you they were gay? Would you sit there while your preacher preached hate about your child? Would you sit… Read More »
November 30, 2017
About the About of Christmas
We watched “A Heavenly Christmas” this evening as we relaxed by the fire. It’s a Hallmark Christmas movie, so there is no bad language, no mocking or satire, and no unhappy endings. It was not bad, even though I must admit that the actors were working with a somewhat unrealistic plot: a too-busy-for-family career woman… Read More »
November 29, 2017
The Great Evangelical Divorce
There is a great image from C.S. Lewis (there’s ALWAYS a great image from C.S. Lewis), in”The Great Divorce,” when the angels are trying to get a candidate for heaven to leave his/her position of error–when sweet logic and reason do not work, the Great Lord of Heaven Through His Mighty Angels sends a stampeding… Read More »
November 22, 2017
Is Donald Trump Racist? Yes. Yes, He Is.
Trump is the exemplar of racism, which is using your own race’s power to oppress those of other races. He is the White Klan Wizard in the White House using the power of his office to serve his white racist / white supremacists beliefs, and to enforce them upon all others who are not white.… Read More »
Sorry Folks — to Avoid a Choice Is to Make a Choice
Traditionally, orthodox Christianity means a religion centered around the Christ of the New Testament, where what Jesus said and taught and did forms the central, defining properties of the religion. Christ did not hate the Jews or want them eliminated or gassed. Christ did not hate black Africans. In fact, some of the first disciples… Read More »
