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Standing In The Need of Prayer — Or At Least Introspection (for Gerry a
“Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, Oh, Lord, standing in the need of prayer” — African-American spiritual “Senators, Congressmen, please head the call/Don’t stand in the doorway/Don’t lock up the hall… for the times/they are a-changin’ — Bob Dylan “People are people/so why should it be/that you and I should get along…
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Men Who Like Women Don’t….
It seems so very stupid to have to write this, but it’s been a rough day for women so, once again, I feel I have to point out the “obvious”. Forget categories like “real men” or “macho men” or “lady’s man” or “man’s man” or “guys” — men who like women in any way — …
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Don’t Let This Happen To You — Sudden Loss (for Lynda and others)
“This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it”. Psalm 118:24 “For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness” — unknown, seen on the desk of my friend Alan Bercovici I frequently preach this, but it has never hit quite this close…
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In Praise of Good, Straight, White Men
I suppose I have wanted to write this for nearly 25 years, before there were blogs. Now that I have the opportunity, I want to take it. My family and I have just come back from seeing “42” — the movie about Jackie Robinson’s rise as the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. But, as…
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Let’s Not Spend Money on Dumb Wars Again, Shall We?
I gather from the Huffington Post and the NY Times that it’s 10 years after we started the Iraq war. Does anybody feel safer knowing that we overthrew Saddam Hussein? Maybe/probably there are Iraqi citizens that do, but as far as Americans go, I don’t know of anyone who is celebrating our entrance into Iraq, our…
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Human Choices, Economic Realities
Sometimes that Jesus guy just gets in the way — of sleep, of politics, of economics, of every bit of “life as it is”. Sometimes I wonder why he doesn’t get in the way of more people’s lives. When I say Jesus, I don’t mean “The Christ”, “the church” or “theology” which are all open…
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The Last Bigotry?
In today’s Huffington Post, there’s an article about a speech by Bill Clinton with this quote: The country has made tremendous progress in shedding various forms of bigotry, Clinton said. “We have just one bigotry left. We don’t want to be around anyone who disagrees with us.” Seriously? Ok. I’ll admit that we have developed…
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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 in America and agreed they had a demographic problem, but then went on to say that their conservative principles would not change. They would welcome…
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Living Authentically Is Hard… And Worth It
Looking at a friend’s Facebook post today, after a day of doing couples therapy, then listening to a squabble about theology in the Catholic church on the radio, I am struck by how hard it is to live authentically. I realize that as a therapist, and as Christian, that is my goal for people, but it’s not…
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For My Daughter on Independence Day
Last night, just before I went to bed, my daughter asked me if I could write her an article on Independence Day. When I asked her why, she said, “Because I have to read an article on Independence Day”. I’m not surewhoshe has to read it for, it being summer and all, but I thought…
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