By What Authority

On Wednesday September 16, 2020, Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 272 into law that prohibits any public official like himself from having the authority to close houses of worship within the state.

Other states like California have ordered houses of worship to not meet indoors due to the COVID-19 spread. Governor Newsom and the State of California recently went to court with Grace Community Church (pastored by John MacArthur) and ordered them to stop meeting indoors for worship or they would face consequences.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death has ignited a lot of political news. Few things fascinate as much as the power of a president to set legal precedent for generations. President Trump promised and has made a nomination. Partisans are drawing battle lines.

I saw this week the City Council in Berkley California outlawed unhealthy food items to be placed in checkout lines at stores.

In the back of our minds, don’t we question: Does he, or they, have the authority to do this?

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Rev. John Motis
The best work

Did you ever hire a babysitter? Our kids are really spread out, Robert is almost 16 years older than Elizabeth, so we hired babysitters for more than 25 years. It was one thing to find that excellent person with whom we could leave our greatest treasure for an evening. But in all my years I never, ever, got one to tell me how much I should pay them. We always tried to pay them well. But it got to be a game with me.

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The Rev. Tim Nunez
You must forgive.

Have you ever noticed how difficult people can be? I mean, seriously, I hope most people are sincerely trying to do their best most of the time, but people are difficult. If you ever worked in retail or dealt with parents in a school or worked at the DMV – it’s tough out there.

Imagine the tangled mess God is trying to sort out, and in a way that doesn’t just work out the kinks and knots but keeps us from ever getting tangled again.

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The Rev. Tim Nunez