Next SP this Thursday, June 25: “Michigan politics, National politics, Immigration, maybe Iran” with Kate Kooyman

Details: “Michigan politics, National politics, Immigration, maybe Iran” with Kate Kooyman, District Director for a MI State Senator, June 25, 7pm, Port 393, Holland, MI

Kate and I always have a meaningful and fun time together. On TikTok, I started a new series called, “Is it profound, or is it just in the Bible?” I asked Kate to think about John 3:16 for Thursday. And specifically, how would I (and maybe Kate) complete this sentence, “For God so loved the world…”? The old logic, that love and violence go together (Jesus died for your sins, for example), just doesn’t work for me anymore.

Kate Kooyman follows state and national politics closely. Before becoming the District Director for a Michigan state senator, she worked in the now defunct Office of Social Justice in the Christian Reformed Church. Much of her time there was focused of immigration reform, which Marco Rubio helped to craft and John Boehner effectively killed by simply not allowing a vote on it in the House. Somehow, that was 2014, only 12 years ago.

I’ve been following the Iran debacle closely, which is now a part of our state and national politics. Israel is at the center of it all.

I’ve been working hard on TikTok over the last two months, crafting engaging videos that educate on deconstruction, the Bible, Israel, U.S. politics, and culture. The two videos above are a part of that project. Here’s another recent one on Eve in Genesis 2-3.

I hope to see you Thursday night.