On September 11th, 2001, we found ourselves united by a tragic event. Most of us mark this event by where we were when two commercial airliners flew into the World Trade Towers in New York City. I was standing in… Read More »The Mirror of Osama bin Laden’s Death
“This Easter celebrate the victory of love over judgment!” Christ as the savior is the Easter message, but what if Christ were to walk into your church and preach? What would the message be? Christ is the savior of love.… Read More »A Good Friday message
I’ve learned from my experiences in life that it doesn’t matter what happens to me or what someone does to me. The collective of all my experiences is growth. My deliberate actions toward goodness are not to prove to the… Read More »My Thank You for Life
Now’s the time to abandon I’ll try for I’ll do! The idea for this new weekly post came about from a conversation I had today with my mother. With out getting into all the laboring details of the conversation, she… Read More »Abandon I’ll try for I’ll do!
I have to be honest. Writing this blog is a challenge. It cuts at the heart of who I am, because I want us all to heal. I feel the knife in the side of this country. I feel the… Read More »Our Country and our Words
In America through societal conditioning, we grow up appreciating and valuing greed. Our financial system of capitalism is driven by it. Whether for better or worse, we place capitalism above other economic systems such as socialism and communism and say… Read More »Greed as an American value
A New Year, A New You! With all this talk about New Year’s Resolutions, I want to take a minute to discuss the key ingredient needed for achieving all we wish for on that wondrous list of new goals for… Read More »A new year of success — I will allow for it! Will you?
I want to pause for a moment from giving my views. I would like to be more engaged with my readers, so I’m giving you an opportunity to suggest topics you would like me to discuss. I’m openly welcoming any… Read More »What would you like me to write about? Leave a comment! Oh, and some thoughts on reality…
I pray that people will pause for a moment today, not to “never forget” but to “now heal”. It does not serve those who died 9 years ago today if we constantly relive the tragedy of September 11, 2001. I… Read More »My September 11th Prayer
The extremists in this country are pinning us against them. The “them” is varied depending on the fear. It is the “gays” when marriage needs be defended, or the torch of moral righteous needs to be relit. After all, it’s… Read More »When We Become Them: facing extremism around the world.