[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”] I’m for equality, for justice for all, for caring about other people above asserting our own rights, for defending what’s good for most people rather than for 1% of us, for an end to bigotry, for kindness, for compassion, for courage, for an absolute commitment to, and unwillingness to shirk from,Continue reading “Things I’m For”
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Compassion vs. Approval/Disapproval
The Place of Compassion If you think of disapproval and approval of people [and their actions/attitudes/opinions] as two opposite ends of a continuum, where would you put compassion? It’s a trick question. Compassion doesn’t even belong on that continuum. Compassion is something wholly different. You will automatically tend to sit in judgment on whatever youContinue reading “Compassion vs. Approval/Disapproval”
The Best Way to Live
When looking for examples of the best way to live and move the world forward, is it generally best to look to people above us or below us? Smarter or stupider? Braver or more cowardly? Happier or less happy? More or less content? More virtuous or less so? Nearly every universally respected person — MLKContinue reading “The Best Way to Live”
Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston
I cannot talk meaningfully about the death of Whitney Houston. I don’t have anything productive to add to the dialogue. But I can respond to some of the other responses to Whitney’s death. When Whitney Houston ruled the world I was in high school and her music was not my style. But there was neverContinue reading “Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston”
Religion/Politics
I have been inspired and deeply challenged in the last few months by the writings and lectures of Fr. Richard Rohr. At every turn he is forcing me to rethink things I once took for granted. Below is a repost of a recent daily devotional I received from him. How can I be of and with theContinue reading “Religion/Politics”
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