HAPPY, HAPPY
Happy New Year Happy New Decade We are headed on a short family cruise in the Caribbean. I will post the next blog before we leave and pray it works. I hope we get back to normal next week. .
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Have a BLESSED CHRISTMAS SEASON and a great start to the NEW DECADE. My blog did not get published last week because of a glitch in the system. Hopefully it is now fixed. I am enjoying the holidays for a couple of weeks and hope you and yours are doing Read more…
Blog: 26 Relationships and Service
Last week, I tried to make the case that sports can be a self-righteous cause of problems in the same way as other bigotries. Just in case you missed it – a big brawl occurred between Bears and Cowboys fans after their game last Monday. I rest my case. I Read more…
Blog: 25 Us Versus Them
I hope everyone had a meaningful Thanksgiving! Picking up where I left off, I want to discuss how a broader understanding of bigotry has helped me in my journey through life. My confession: As stated in the previous blogs, I came to realize almost anything can be used to create Read more…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Some people object to Thanksgiving because of history. I think we need to be thankful every day Have a great day! Jerry
Blog 23: Bigotry expanded and personal
Bigotry Expanded: In the last blog I reported how I learned tribal bigotry is divisive, hateful, even deadly. In my world of meaningful “coincidences” I was excited to note that my daily devotional on Saturday was written by a woman who was made parentless, homeless and penniless by genocide that Read more…
Blog 22: Bigotry has many faces
The Obvious: In our world, the bigotry of race and gender are obvious and they have long and painful histories. We all realize when someone is mistreated because of the color of their skin, bigotry has occurred. We all know stories of the pain caused by this bigotry. Similarly, we Read more…
Blog #21: The “sorta” unsheltered world
Paper Products Closet: Last week I heard from a good friend, Stan, who works in the world between our sheltered world and the very poor of the unsheltered world. A world, some call the working poor; I will call it the “sorta” unsheltered world. This is the world of people Read more…
Blog # 20: The Unsheltered World
The ER: A good friend shared an interesting story this week. His brother attended seminary. One of the brother’s assignments was to be in attendance in a hospital emergency room. His first assigned night was a Friday night. The first incident he encountered was a family bringing in a person Read more…
Blog # 19: Orphans in Distress
I was getting restless. I have a list of ideas for future blogs. I began a new blog from that list and it simply was not falling together. I tried another idea and the same thing happened. I usually start on Thursday. By Sunday I have a working draft. Monday Read more…