Gayle Tabor

When Did Execution Become Entertainment?

2026/10/09 Gayle 0

Yesterday evening, just as I was preparing to begin worship with SALT, I saw a breaking news alert that stopped me cold. The Pentagon reportedly plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter by firing squad. My first response was horror! And as I pondered it, my mind went to the cross. We Christians know something about public executions. Crucifixion wasn’t simply a means of killing someone. It was the Roman state’s way of making a spectacle of death, displaying its power, humiliating the condemned, and warning everyone watching what happens when you challenge authority. BE CEAR – I’m certainly NOT equating the Fort Hood shooter with Jesus. But I am asking us to consider what happens when the state turns killing into The rest of the story

Trust In News Has Gone Up

2026/10/02 Gayle 0

I read an interesting piece from AllSides this morning. One reason I like AllSides is right there in the name: they make a genuine effort to show us how the same story is being covered from the left, center, and right. So the story is that, for the first time in almost a decade, Americans’ trust in the news media has gone up. That’s encouraging — sort of. Because only 33% of Americans say they trust the news media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. That’s up from 28% last year, but one-third of the country trusting journalism isn’t exactly a victory lap. What I found particularly interesting is who changed. • Republican trust jumped from 8% to 22%. • Independents moved to The rest of the story

THE DESERT IS BLOOMING

2026/10/02 Gayle 0

I woke up this morning still thinking about our conversation at SALT United Methodist last night. I love that we do conversation church and how the conversation feeds me. Anyway, Last night we talked about the hope of creation – about what it means to believe that God is still at work bringing life, healing, and renewal, even in the insanity of the world around us, even in all that is broken. Then, over my morning coffee, I came across this story from AP. THE DESERT IS BLOOMING! Not just any desert. The Atacama Desert in Chile – the driest nonpolar desert on Earth – is suddenly covered with millions of wildflowers! And here’s the part that got me: some of those seeds and bulbs The rest of the story

Testosterone, military,  Gender Affirming  – oh my!

2026/10/01 Gayle 0

A friend posted something on Facebook this morning that sent me down a rabbit hole. They began by admitting that a lot of the conversations around gender can get complicated pretty quickly. Fair enough. But then they asked a wonderfully simple question: If the military tests a man, decides his testosterone is too low, and gives him testosterone so that his body more closely conforms to what we expect of a male body, isn’t that gender-affirming care? Well, that’s an interesting question. Because the Pentagon is moving forward with testosterone-deficiency screening for many male service members. And medically speaking, diagnosing and treating an actual hormone deficiency isn’t some bizarre new idea. There can be perfectly legitimate medical reasons to test testosterone and, when appropriate, treat The rest of the story

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