The Wake-Up Call from Jackson, Mississippi
byRepeated occurrences of water failures indicate neglect, and call for long-term solutions. #FaithfilledFridays #FaithwithWorks #Faithworks #handsandfeet Because of my work in Disaster Response as…
Editorial
The Foul-Smelling Flood of Indifference
byTrouble in the Water, Again From the Message Vault, March April 2016 #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Whatsnext Editor’s Note: Residents in Jackson, Mississippi suffer repeated interruptions…
The Intimate Observer of Our Choices
byIt takes effort in our technologically tethered world to imagine life where no one knows where you are, or that you even exist. In…
POWER LUNCH
byLin Manuel Miranda’s character, “Sonny” in the musical “In the Heights,” is sensitive to the power imbalance between the haves and have nots. His…
THE BOOTS
byDon’t ask me where I heard the story, but one motif remained lodged in my memory: the winter boots. Perhaps some compelling reasons are…
Three Time-Worn Relational Dynamics That Need to Change
byExoneration of Kyle Rittenhouse for the August 2020 killings of John Rosenblum and Anthony Huber, and serious wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, repulsed our sense…
For the Last Time
byI stood in line at Macy’s in October and made conversation with a woman purchasing a simple outfit to accommodate her COVID figure. I…
Desperate Give and the Real Take
byAngel, with the blue eyes, lurked on the outskirts of our Chester, Pennsylvania Message Community Infusion in July. I don’t necessarily blame him for…
Riding the Waves
byThe aging disciple John recorded the best expression of “destiny” that I have ever known. This, glimmering sliver of hope expresses a word picture…
10 Profiles of Toxic religion and the Antidote
byWhether it is dogmatic, or an errant interpretation and internalization of a spiritual practice or norm, toxic “faith” emanates from a variety of sources….
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