Blog 61: Hunger
Expenditures reflect priorities. I did some research for a poem. I want to share what I found because some of it surprised me. This is a busy time of the year for sports — World Series, the NBA, WNBA playoffs, Read more…
Blog 60: Yea Teachers
Praise for teachers: When our oldest son Scott was in the second grade, I attended a Parent’s Day class at Fairview Elementary in Normal, Illinois. I clearly remember my first thought was — this is chaos!! I also remember thinking—I Read more…
Blog 59: Judicial Concerns
Anniversary: Early October is always a tough week for us. October 2, 2001, as our nation was coping with 9/11, I received a call from our son-in law, Shawn. Our daughter Dawn was killed when a trash truck ran a Read more…
Blog 58: White Power, Black Power, Human Power
Good news this week: Jeny had her heart catherization and she was given a clean bill of health. She has a very manageable genetic heart condition with a very unmanageable name. In Mobile, we have the yard clean from the Read more…
Blog 57: The Alabama Police Chief and Me
Update: Several of you asked about Jeny. Her procedure is postponed until Monday because of Hurricane Sally. Neither Jeny nor her doctor are overly concerned about her heart. She has a place on her heart to be investigated. It may Read more…
Blog 56: Sermon Time
The pastor of our small church has shingles. I was asked to give the sermon on Sunday. My creative juices are needed on that task so the blog is on the back burner for this week. We allow a few Read more…
Blog 55: Yellowstone, Tarnished Golden Rule, Power for Good, Overgeneralization.
Yellowstone: One of our sons told me I would enjoy Yellowstone, the television series. I did not watch it until recently. Our son was correct – Yellowstone is addictive. I was slow to begin watching it, because the series is Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…