"It's been a quiet week at Lake Woebegone," to borrow the famous phrase of Garrison Keillor. 

Busy, but quiet.  Getting the house ready for Day and Tom's arrival tomorrow.  Postponing painting the exterior due to mold testing--which came back as normal.  Moving into the casita to free up the house for Day and Tom.  

I mentioned a few posts ago the book, The Kingdom the Power and The Glory/ American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta, an excellent book that traces the decades of planning to turn American into a "Christian nation." 

"I'm a proud Christian Nationalist," said Marjorie Taylor Green in the Ron Reiner documentary, God and Country.  Trump--seemingly not a religious man of any stripe--did not start this movement, but he gave it its scary microphone.  He claims to be "chosen by God" for the United States presidency.  Far right evangelicals have "anointed" him as their king, savior, strong man, you name it. 

It's heartening to see so many Christians saying that "Christian Nationalism" is a perversion of Christianity and a threat to Democracy.

The far right claims that we've "always been a Christian nation," that the framers of the Constitution prayed when they gathered to write this document.  Many current and former Christian leaders reject these as false.

Bishop William Barber says they are "so loud about what God says so little about and silent about what God says a lot about"--giving examples of many myths passed on as facts.  The Bible, for example, says nothing about abortion or homosexuality or book banning--yet these are the talking points and obsessions of the current MAGA party.