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…
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 Read more…
Blog 50: COVID is a Disease, Racism is Not.
COVID is grinding on me. Sadly, this week I canceled my high school reunion scheduled for early October. It was to be our 60th. I have a good friend who studied reunions. The first 20 years, too many people are Read more…
Update
The last two weeks I have had several technical issues with the blog site. Thanks to the technical expertise of Crystal Tosello they have been solved. She sent out the blog for last week — Blog 49: Hamster Wheel, Human Read more…
Blog 49: Hamster Wheel, Human Frailty and Racism
Once again technology failed. This blog did not get distributed last week. I hope you and yours are healthy. Thankfully, Jeny and I continue to enjoy good health and each other. The Hamster Wheel. A friend sent me an article Read more…
Blog 48: Smokee, Privilege and Power
Privilege. I have many privileges. One jarring reminder came over breakfast with a longtime friend. He is a Mexican American who was raised in a town of over 18,000 (by current estimates.) A town 25 miles from my hometown in Read more…