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August 2020

Blog 54: Failing Paradigm, False Dichotomies

Difficult times: Today’s blog was very difficult to write. I always want to write something uplifting, but I faced the following: I sit in semi-isolation, amid political, social and economic turmoil. Two named storms are headed our way. When I taught at Illinois State University, we had a ministry with Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 6 months6 months ago

Blog 53: Dialectic Tension; Memories of Riots

Dialectic Tension: I live in what I believe is called a dialectic tension. I believe I share a particular dialectic with many people. On the one hand is the growing awareness of the history of racial injustice in America and the continuing push for change in today’s world. I embrace Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 6 months6 months ago

Blog 52: Bad Logic, Henri Nouwen, Friendships

In a well written and clever article in AL.com, August 2, 2020, Dan Carsen laid out the bad logic and incorrect reasoning we can expect to see in the election cycle—and unfortunately in many other areas of discourse. In my opinion it should be a test everyone has to pass Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 7 months7 months ago

Blog 51: Laughter, Prejudice and Hot Shrimp

We had a great break. We visited my brother and family in Nashville and my cousin and family in Festus Missouri. We took our food, ate in our car and felt safe. We did not see as many cars as usual but many, many trucks. It was great to see Read more…

By Jerry Williams, 7 months7 months ago
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