Devotionals
Walt Alexander’s series of devotional essays

Devotional 10/24: Its Hip to be Sad, Nihilistic, and Lost!
Hey, its hip to view the world as dark, post-secular, meaningless, purposeless, and full of isolation! It is the sign of a true artist, right? And if you are good-looking or have money, you are not just a boorish, self-absorbed, pessimist. Girls think you are misunderstood and noble and they

Devotional 9/19: Kim Kardashian is WRONG!
February of 2018 saw on of the most horrific events in our nation’s history, the shooting in Las Vegas. I know that there still people mourning the dead today. At that time many celebrities took to Twitter to share with us their great wisdom regarding how to fix the world,

Devotional 8/8: Spiritual But Not Religious
Unfortunately, I have been spending a lot of time on Match.com lately. I cannot give you stats but it SEEMS that a lot women are using the label of Spiritual But Not Religious. So much so that I have been telling myself, ‘Almost all women are that way so I

Devotional: The Last Jedi
I was very intrigued by the trailers that were advertising The Last Jedi last year. It was a radical position for Luke Skywalker say, “The Jedi Order must end!” I started wondering where they were going with this. Then it hit me. The idea of the duality between the Light

Devotional 7/25: A Meeting with Mike Pence
Friday, July 13th 2018, on the same day Mr. Trump was being mocked in London, Mike Pence came to Chicago to talk about the new tax law. I had always admired Mr. Pence and thought Mr. Trump choosing him as his Vice-President was a bold move considering how much controversy

Devotional 7/18: The Elephant Man
I have been been on a David Lynch movie bender lately. David Lynch is the director of such films as Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and Eraserhead. The guy used to be a carpenter yet his films are so esoteric and metaphorical, yet he seems to be a strange

Devotional 11/02: Wrestling with G-d
I had fallen and I could not get up. I had fallen and I did not want to get up. But you ordered me up so I jumped up and grabbed you. I held on tight and I would not let go. (Was it wrestling or holding? I don’t know)

Devotional 3/14: The Men of Value Awards Dinner
A little while ago, we had our 3rd annual, Men of Value award dinner where we celebrate one of our interviewees. This year it was Jody Eldred. Jody has been been a cameraman for many years for people like Peter Jennings and other famous newscasters. He is known all around

Devotional 1/10: How Angry Can I Make the Mancow?
Back in October I was traveling a lot at a consistent time of day and I went out of my way to listen to Eric “The Mancow” Mueller on our local radio station here in Chicago. I have been a big fan ever since I saw him on a Christian

Devotional 1/3: James Madison, Separatist, Constitutionalist, Man of Value
James Madison, the 4th President of the United States, was very similar to Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, in many ways. For example, he was a seeker yet had a deep and personal faith. He was also very educated and hated slavery, though unlike Jefferson, he did not free any