We Claim To Love America – So why do we hate so many parts of America?

As a conservative American, I’m always perplexed when I dig into our conservative agendas that profess, to love America – to be fair, I do believe, we ‘believe’ we love America – but I also believe our messaging can be confusing, even within conservative circles – messaging is critical as it relates to policy positions,Continue reading “We Claim To Love America – So why do we hate so many parts of America?”

Is Your Dream For All Peoples…

Is your dream for all peoples, or just your peoples? The principles tragically fail, if these amazing MLK quotes are applied any other way than equally across all peoples – and that is the point. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannotContinue reading “Is Your Dream For All Peoples…”

Do We Still See “Death” as Death?

Do we still see “death” as death? In late Sept, early Oct 2020 I started hearing a lot of pandemic talk from politicians about our nation “making the turn” – “going to disappear” – “get back to normal” –  again, all this in relation to the pandemic – I was concerned about this chatter becauseContinue reading “Do We Still See “Death” as Death?”

Who Do You Trust?

Who Do You Trust? Fake news – False agendas – truth or lies – the nation is caught in the emotional crosshairs of picking sides of political agendas, pandemic responsibility, and real social/civil rights issues – appallingly, that’s just some surface level issues – there are many more issues of equal or greater weight. Tragically,Continue reading “Who Do You Trust?”

“Proximity breeds care, and distance breeds fear.”

I heard a wonderful bullet this week in a presentation by Emmanuel Acho: “Proximity breeds care, and distance breeds fear. Not recognizing this basic principle, leads to not enough care and empathy and heightened amounts of fear.” Admit it or not, we all carry heavy fears these days – fear of different peoples – fearContinue reading ““Proximity breeds care, and distance breeds fear.””

What is the worst of what has become of us?

Jesse (J.C.) Owens – 1936 Olympian won four Gold Medals, has a passage in “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson: “I wasn’t invited to shake Hitler’s hand. I had to ride a freight elevator to my own reception at the Waldorf Hotel in NY.  And I wasn’t invited to the Whitehouse to shakeContinue reading “What is the worst of what has become of us?”

A Dot By Any Other Name Is Still a Dot

His nine year old hands had mastered his ‘Eagle Academic 165’ skinny yellow pencil by the Fall of 1969 – the word ‘BONDED’ (whatever that meant) was pressed into the soft yellow paint of all wooden pencils (known to him) – he thought ‘BONDED’ pencils must have been very important – why else would theyContinue reading “A Dot By Any Other Name Is Still a Dot”

What is Greatness?

Greatness,great things,great people… …are often not ‘great’ at all. More to the truth, greatness is found to be the results of holding fast to basic character traits or leaning on a few core values – perhaps personal disciplines, and the fundamentals of consideration and kindness. When we hear people, organizations or policies boast of “greatness”Continue reading “What is Greatness?”