Soon, very soon, another moment of reckoning will be upon us. As the lawyers conclude their arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, I cannot help but think of the OJ Simpson trial.
It’s a desert.
After taking a leap of faith into the seabed and across the way, the journey has turned out to be a hot mess. After a year of job-hunting and covid-isolating and random life-simplifying activity, the first discovery of importance is that water is essential to life and food is a necessity for creativity. Life sometimes … Continue reading It’s a desert.
Surprise-It’s Not Muddy!
Standing on the edge of a seabed of change has none of that tranquility. Too often the calm other side of growth is obscured and unknown. The multitude of perils seems overwhelming. The longer I stand at this precipice between what was and what might be, the deeper my feet sink into the sand.
Step Into the Mud
There I am. Perhaps you are with me. Staring at the possibility that light and life are just a little further, just there on the other side of this muddy seabed in front of us. We cannot know for sure what awaits. We have only hope.
Tears
I had no idea I would be so emotional on inauguration day. So. Emotional.
From Revenge to Reformation
I want to scour my holy texts for words about revenge and the wrath of God—so I can find religious justification for my rage and the costly penalties I want inflicted on those who were involved. AND, I also want to be tempered by the words of mercy and reconciliation....
VOTES NOT violence
The gun in your house or on your hip does not make you part of a well regulated militia.
Thoughts about Prayer
Jesus defined this love with absolute clarity, in deed and word. Jesus is what love looks like. And thus, his command is also autobiographical.
When a good death means new birth
A good death of the America we have known could mean new birth of the America we believe in.
The Other Epidemic
On Aug. 9 there were 44 people injured in mass shootings and 1 death. This does not include shootings where 3 or fewer are injured or killed, nor suicides, successful or not. There were 3 children killed that day. So, the horribly sad story of a 5 year old's murder, which was reported by CNN, … Continue reading The Other Epidemic
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