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Existential Angst — 55 and Still Not “Normal”?
“Let’s face it. You’re not exactly normal…” Vicki Vale …. “It’s not exactly a normal world, is it?…” Bruce Wayne/Batman ” Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life believing it is stupid”. — attributed to Albert Einstein. I have…
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I Told You So…
(I’m on vacation and was taking a break from blogging unless something big happened. Something big happened). “Are you ******** kidding me?” That seems to be the response on Facebook of the most peaceful, loving White people I know to an event that apparently happened yesterday in Charleston, S.C. where nine people are dead at…
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Uni-tasking
A few confessions: I love the Candy Crush Soda game and I apparently have ADHD. In addition to that my job requires a LOT of mental activity and decisions: “What’s the best way to say this? What’s the best way to point this out? Is it better to listen now or interrupt? ” and so…
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From Jesus to St Francis to Jeff Brown — Ministry Where The Action Is
In one of those “small world” stories, I went to a conference with my wife where we had dinner with the chaplain (Rev. Jon Scott) that was there at the birth of my second daughter. While reminiscing about our time in seminary, we got to talking about a mutual friend, Rev. Jeff Brown. Jon asked…
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How Evil Becomes Law — Coverture and Other Bad Ideas
In discussing, of all things, gay marriage, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg really messed with my head this week. She made some strange statements about the “evolution of marriage” that I didn’t “get”, until I saw an article which talked about “Head and Master” laws that were still in effect until 1979 in at least one…
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Our Marvel-ous Universe: God As Playwrite, Director, and Occasional Actor
I have just come back from seeing “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” (a movie based on Marvel comics characters), written and directed by Joss Whedon. At the end of the movie (as all Marvel movies), there’s a little clip at the end — after the credits — which sets up some other movie or some…
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A Word From A Therapist — Save Me Some Work
I get that life is hard. Trust me, I get it. But seriously? You don’t have to make it hard. Here’s a short list of things that would prevent me from getting business that you can do and everybody — not just me — would be happy. 1) Don’t molest your children. You probably can’t imagine…
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For the little Easters…
“And so we need a little Easter, right this very moment”… That song floated through my mind last night. Yes, I know it’s not a real Easter song. It’s ripped off wholly from the Christmas song with all the tambourines and cheery singers in the background. As I thought about Easter, I thought how much…
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Can We Put A “Hold” On Stupid For Awhile? Maybe Forever?
Today’s Huffington Post reports that someone in Austin Texas is putting stickers on doors saying “White People Only”. A Black man was found hanging in a tree. In New York City yesterday, a court refused to release information about Grand Jury deliberations on a police officer who choked a (Black!) man to death and was…
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