Some personal news.

“When I pay the money I pay these days to go to a movie I hope it’s got a lounger. Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's. Ask, Seek, Knock. We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.”

Theologian guest Pierre Bourgeois talks Jesus and the gospels and provides context for my mom’s favorite bible verse.

I watched the Super Bowl and I don’t think there’s anything healthy about that. It’s just not how most of us are experiencing our time on this planet. We’re these privileged, fat, wealthy, bloated, greedy, plastic-eating monsters…and also just beautiful lights of humanity dancing through the cosmos. The contradictions of America are so fraught with conscious ridiculousness. I’m almost finished mixing a new album: the fifth in the quadrennial series “It Doesn’t Matter Why It Is, It Doesn’t Matter If It’s Wrong.” I’m going to honor the instinct of honest creation that brought about this collection of songs, but I’m very conscious about the content and the fact that it might be quite alarming and offensive to some people. Nothing’s gonna stop us now. Being a self advocate. Different strokes for different folks. Let freedom ring. We do what we want to do in this life that we all love so dearly. We are free. There are other ways of doing things besides just one way. Other avenues, other doors.