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…
The ER: A good friend shared an interesting story this week. His brother attended seminary. One of the brother’s assignments was to be in attendance in a hospital emergency room. His first assigned night was a Friday night. The first incident he encountered was a family bringing in a person Read more…
I was getting restless. I have a list of ideas for future blogs. I began a new blog from that list and it simply was not falling together. I tried another idea and the same thing happened. I usually start on Thursday. By Sunday I have a working draft. Monday Read more…
Today’s wonderful story starts with a simple act of kindness, and through “coincidences” results in an amazing story of healing. I hope you enjoy reading it. I was blessed to live it. An Act of Kindness: I live in a state consumed with football. I was raised in Kansas where Read more…
I was deeply moved by the stories you shared in response to my latest blog on forgiveness. I learned of healing between brothers, between adults and parents and much more. I also learned of people struggling to forgive. I want to share two great responses I received that gave me Read more…
For technical reasons, this blog did not get posted last week. Sorry! We are a little past 9/11 but I still hope you enjoy. I received some wonderful responses to my last blog on forgiveness. A couple of them brought tears to my eyes. I will sort through them and Read more…
A friend gave a very thoughtful response to last week’s topic of forgiveness. He has been taught, and believes, we always suffer in some regard when we truly forgive. We suffer because we give up the right to hurt back when we have been hurt. The more we hurt, the Read more…
Blog 14: Forgiveness Good News Upon our return from a two week trip to the Midwest, Jeny and I attended a volleyball game. The game was very difficult for me to watch. I worked with the team for the last several years and know the young women. On one hand Read more…