Resistance Is Necessary

Saving What’s Important

Category: ethics

  • Reminders from “Selma”

    It has been a long time since I was at seminary and a long time since I had a congregation to lead, which required spiritual time and Bible study, so…


  • An Open Letter of Apology to My African-American Friends

    My God, this is horrible. After recent events, and as a follower of Jesus, I feel like a disciple at the cross today, watching a friend die, or living with…


  • Ferguson, Race, and Police: What Now?

    My friend Sean Murphy was right. According to the Grand Jury of Ferguson, MO, Darren Wilson didn’t do anything wrong, or at least criminal. I don’t like the verdict, but…


  • “Career Creators” vs. “Job Creators” — Education and “Reform” (for Dawn)

    I have wanted to write something for my friend Dawn, who is a teacher outside of Boston, for awhile. She posted on Facebook that some new ruling/department decision was making…


  • Full Citizenship and The Realm of God (For Gerri and George and Ken)

    I dreamed last night about a T-Shirt/Bumper Sticker that said “Full Citizenship for African-Americans!”. I woke up this morning to my friend Cat Chapin-Bishop’s posting of a video where a…


  • It’s A Good Year For Thinking

    We have a chance like we haven’t had in years. All of these things cause us to think, to challenge what we know about others, because we have come to…


  • If Guns Don’t Kill People, Why Do Ours Do It More?

    I was thinking about it the other day and it occurred to me, “What if the NRA is right?”. What if guns don’t kill people, people kill people? They have…


  • Can Somebody Just Explain Why?

    I take the train from Hartford to Springfield with a woman who is a nurse at a local hospital. While waiting for our train, we talk about life, work, and…


  • A Bridge Over “Power”

    Last night, I was reading The Nation (THE best magazine ever, in my opinion — I come back to it all the time) and I came across an article on…


  • What If … Just Sayin’

                                          “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” — Leviticus 19:18 (Hebrew scripture) “So in everything, do to others what you would have…


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