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Category: political thoughts

  • 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…


  • 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…


  • An Open Letter To The Republican Party

    This morning I listened to a story on NPR about the Republican Party scrambling not to lose the next presidential and nearest Congressional election.  They discussed the changes in demographics…


  • If You Cheat, No One Wins…

    “Your Cheatin’ Heart Will Tell On You” — Hank Williams As the election draws to a close, the parties are already hedging their bets with claims of voter intimidation, voter…


  • I Get It Now – Explaining The Last Four Years

    (For Lisa Lew, who thought I could –and should– write something) I have been wondering about how to psychologically explain the insanity – yes, insanity – of the last four…


  • Different Questions — Faith and Politics

    Especially for Murph and Marilyn and Bob and Carrol… [This is a sermon I gave at Plantsville Congregational Church, UCC, Plantsville, CT   July 27, 2012. I am particularly proud of…


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