Comments on: Owen Strachan’s Public Theology https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/02/05/owen-strachans-public-theology/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sat, 08 May 2021 20:38:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Headless Unicorn Guy https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/02/05/owen-strachans-public-theology/#comment-111841 Sat, 08 May 2021 20:38:15 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=37197#comment-111841 In reply to Ra’s al Ghul.

As Aesop and Aristophenes told it, better a King Log than a King Stork.

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To have Grown-Ups in charge…

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Remember Aesop’s fable of The Frog King.
Better King Log than King Stork.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/02/05/owen-strachans-public-theology/#comment-111458 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:46:06 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=37197#comment-111458 In reply to Ra’s al Ghul.

There really is a great deal to be said for the ‘mood music’ from the top: for example, the calmer. more methodical approach to dealing with the pandemic actually encourages ordinary folk to be more sensible in how they go about their daily lives. We are probably more influenced than we realize by they way our leaders conduct themselves; their example matters, even if we know that no leader is perfect.

Yes, and it helps also that Biden is very experienced, as are many of his appointees.

]]> By: Ra's al Ghul https://wthrockmorton.com/2021/02/05/owen-strachans-public-theology/#comment-111457 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:19:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=37197#comment-111457 In reply to Richard Willmer.

Agreed. It is nice to have an adult as a POTUS for a change. Same with his Cabinet picks. Competent, experienced, not flashy, but quiet and unexciting. And never having to see a Twitter Toddler Tantrum like Trump had during his many Twitter meltdowns is a nice bonus too.

I am one of those principled conservatives like those Never Trumpers from the Dispatch and elsewhere who were exiled into the Wilderness after the Orange Dear Leader got the nomination in 2016.

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