Last year ended well. During the holidays I was delighted to hear from so many of you about your lives and families. Thanks for staying in touch. Our new year got off to a great start. We took a cruise with Shane’s blended family. Miracle of miracles – I made Read more…
This blog was posted to be read in December. The system failed to distribute it. Sorry. I hope everyone had great holidays and your new decade is off to a good start. Wisdom. In my little book “Being a Proverbial Student” I encourage students to seek knowledge, pursue understanding and Read more…
Happy New Year Happy New Decade We are headed on a short family cruise in the Caribbean. I will post the next blog before we leave and pray it works. I hope we get back to normal next week. .
Have a BLESSED CHRISTMAS SEASON and a great start to the NEW DECADE. My blog did not get published last week because of a glitch in the system. Hopefully it is now fixed. I am enjoying the holidays for a couple of weeks and hope you and yours are doing Read more…
Last week, I tried to make the case that sports can be a self-righteous cause of problems in the same way as other bigotries. Just in case you missed it – a big brawl occurred between Bears and Cowboys fans after their game last Monday. I rest my case. I Read more…
I hope everyone had a meaningful Thanksgiving! Picking up where I left off, I want to discuss how a broader understanding of bigotry has helped me in my journey through life. My confession: As stated in the previous blogs, I came to realize almost anything can be used to create Read more…
Some people object to Thanksgiving because of history. I think we need to be thankful every day Have a great day! Jerry
Bigotry Expanded: In the last blog I reported how I learned tribal bigotry is divisive, hateful, even deadly. In my world of meaningful “coincidences” I was excited to note that my daily devotional on Saturday was written by a woman who was made parentless, homeless and penniless by genocide that Read more…
The Obvious: In our world, the bigotry of race and gender are obvious and they have long and painful histories. We all realize when someone is mistreated because of the color of their skin, bigotry has occurred. We all know stories of the pain caused by this bigotry. Similarly, we Read more…
Paper Products Closet: Last week I heard from a good friend, Stan, who works in the world between our sheltered world and the very poor of the unsheltered world. A world, some call the working poor; I will call it the “sorta” unsheltered world. This is the world of people Read more…