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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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Defiantly Hopeful
As a spiritual practice, I decided I would read the lectionary for something to meditate. (I have the lectionary app on my iPod already, so it was kind of a lazy choice/easy choice.) Boy am I glad I did. The texts this week spoke to my heart in a way I didn’t even see coming.…
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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 fraud, reminders of Florida during the 2000 election, Black Panthers guarding polls (Hi, Murph!), voter suppression (Hi, liberals!) and so on and so on. Who…
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In Praise of the Local Church Pastor
About two weeks ago now, my friend Todd, a UCC pastor in Massachusetts posted something on his Facebook page about “having a conversation with the father of creation spirituality…” I was so struck by this, that I decided to write. What was astounding to me was 1) Todd knew how to find “the father of…
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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 years. Shortly after President Obama was elected, the world went nuts. The Tea Party came into existence and people began shouting in the streets. “Obama’s…
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A Reminder: Relationships Break
I write this from my therapy perspective, with no particular person or couple in mind, but I want to point out to anyone reading that if you mess up enough times in your relationship with anybody important to you, at some point the relationship breaks. While it’s true that a good-to-start-with relationship can be fixed…
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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 it, because it solves some questions I wrestle with frequently her in blog-land.] First, let me start off this morning by saying “Thank you” to…
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