Jeffery G. Douglas

     Our national debt ceiling has gotten ridiculous and from the looks of it, not going to get any better in the future. "WE THE PEOPLE"  OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE THE ONES PAYING THE DEBT CREATED BY THIS GOVERNEMNT!     One of the main culprits,  "is consistently overspending"  by our government. The federal government spends more than its budget that it creates a deficit.     In the fiscal year of 2023, Our government spent roughly $381 billion  "more than it collected"  in revenues. Let that sink in!     To pay that deficit, the government borrows money from federal income tax you pay in, which a budget deficit results.      To pay for this deficit, the  "federal government borrows money"  by selling marketable securities such as Treasury bonds, bills, notes, floating rate notes, and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS.)    ...

  Lesbian Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman,   Gloria Dei Church , United Church of Christ, concentrating on preaching, worship, and faith formation got her PhD in Liturgical Studies/Preaching and Worship from Drew University and  is married to Cindy Clawson, a social worker in Philadelphia who has a son, Shelby, who is a student at Temple University. God made it crystal clear in Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his  own  image, in the image of God created he him; Male and Female created he them. Wiseman is Associate Professor of Homiletics supported by the Herman G. Stuempfle Chair of Proclamation of the Word at the United Lutheran Seminary where she  teaches on both the Philadelphia and Gettysburg campuses.      Her  love of the church means she is "often dreaming of new ways" for the church to be all it can be in a "new and changing world." She has written a book called " Queering The Pulpit : A Secegetical Ap...