I heard of a pastor who resigned his church to go to another pastorate. After announcing his resignation, he was approached by one of the sweet older members of his congregation. She was weeping over the pastor's decision to leave. She said, "Things will never be the same after you're gone."

Well, the preacher tried to console her by saying, "Don't worry, I'm confident God will send you a new pastor who is far better than me." When he said that, she let out a large wail and said, "That's what the last three pastors have said, but they just keep getting worse."

We keep getting told that with every new election things will get better. We were told several years ago, "Put a new Democrat in the White House and things will get better." We were told to put a new Republican majority in Congress…