A couple warm days, over 90 F, here where we live. In my garage office, the fan gives just enough breeze to mediate the heat, but still it’s a little rough. The warm days will cool end of week though, and it will be a little more bearable. But in America right now, there’s a …
Category: politics
Consensus
How to find it, create it, maintain it, consensus. In a family, on a team, in a community, in a company, in a country, how, how, how? Like-minded, easier, smaller groups too...but even in family there is division, sometimes divorce, paths no longer aligned. What motivates then, to consensus? I don’t know. But I want …
Change
When will it happen? How much has changed? What is the change we each want and then, What is the change we can all live with together? That’s the change I want. I want us all to live together. And I want to see the murderer for who he is, and not consider the color …
In Like A Lion
I think the saying goes, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” I think I’d say “Out like a lion and in like one too,” as May closes out and June’s under way. Why? Our planet and in particular our country has been ravaged by the COVID pandemic. Still no end in sight. Our …
Good Where You Least Expect
How to discern good, how to find it, especially during difficult times? How to hear the truth above the din of naysayers? The reading from the Gospel of John 7, one of the phrases stands out for me: “...no prophet arises from Galilee...”, said the Pharisees of Jesus. This was in response to some saying, …
COVID19: Listen to the Science, Stay Home
[from 03/24/2020 news update] I live in one of the so-called “hot-spots” for the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States: Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Depending on where you draw the boundaries, we have about 5 million people in the are; there are more than a million in our county alone. …
“Be Like the Irish, and…”
As some celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day today, a little different take to share. For me, the obvious thoughts first go to the Irish People; weird maybe, but that’s what comes to mind initially. I’ve got some Irish Blood in me, I suspect that’s why. Then I think about the man himself, Patrick. Who was he, …
Prez Day
Honoring George Washington's Birthday, that's the idea behind this federal holiday we have the third Monday in February. More that just Washington, it's become a day to honor the current president, and all presidents that have preceded. Well, I'm glad to have the day off work so I can hang with my family. Beyond that, …
For Three Peoples, for All Peoples, I Pray
Most mornings part of my prayer is for other people; I pray for family, for friends, for those who have passed on. And then I pray for people who suffer illness, and are effected by war and other armed conflict; there’s plenty of suffering in the world to go around. The following three groups come …
“The Birth of the New Negro”
Who was this man? What was his time? I didn't know. I didn't know until I listed to this particular Code Switch podcast recently. I didn't even finish it. But I knew I had to share it, capture it, finish it later. And then listen again. And again. Three voices tell the story: the first …
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