If you check out this blog periodically, you might notice Sundays of late, I’ve had some reference / little lesson or take I’ve picked up from a weekend Bible reading. This time around, I’m just thinking about Ordinary Time; I think the Church uses this term to reference the time between Easter and Christmas seasons. …
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Let Love Stand
That’s it, I think. That’s the blog post for today. It’s love like a tweet. Blog like a tweet: LET LOVE STAND.
No One Is Above The Law
Last week an important ruling for Americans from the US Supreme Court. The ruling reenforces a tenet of modern human governance: striving to create a system where all people, ALL PEOPLE, are treated the same before the laws that govern the land. The article that outlines the ruling follows, if you're interested. apple.news/AqDLlZx-LQSu0zDMmMOyOhQ
Spool Up
I love this term. Maybe I like it because it’s sometimes used to reference an aircraft engine warming after being turned on. At least, that’s what’s in my head... : - ) I looked it up, so for all my engineer / machine-thinking friends, I found this, related to “turbo power”: “Turbo spool time is …
Why Is It So Hard?
These things we are called to in life, these difficulties thrust before us, why does it have to be so hard? It’s just life. It is what it is. One of those four great truths Buddha identified: “Life is difficult.” In Matthew 10:16, Jesus makes a similar observation as he spells out how his friends …
Weekend Camp Site
Simple. A bit of special effort. And as the advert goes, “Priceless.”
Say Their Names, Honor Their Fight For Equal Rights
In this great American experiment, we must rely on the fundamental ideals the founders laid out in the beginning. After that initial revolution that birthed the United States of America, some eighty years later, we fought a civil war to solidify the course of our country. We are at a similar, if not as …
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Americans, Undocumented
Who are they? Who are they really? They're just like us, whoever "us" is. And their stories? Uniquely theirs. Worth a listen. Definitely worth a listen. So listen up. And learn. one.npr.org/i/882551486:882657333
Hamilton: Redemption, and Honor, Failed. In the End, Who Tells Your Story?
Best of Wives and Best of Women (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)[ELIZA]Alexander, come back to sleep[HAMILTON]I have an early meeting out of town[ELIZA]It's still dark outside[HAMILTON]I know. I just need to write something down[ELIZA]Why do you write like you're running out of time?[HAMILTON]Shhh[ELIZA]Come back to bed. That would be enough[HAMILTON]I'll be back before you know …
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Hamilton: A New Nation’s Growing Pains
Cabinet Battle #1 (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)[WASHINGTON]Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you're here with us in New York City. Are you ready for a cabinet meeting???The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the …
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