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He picks up his cell phone, calls into a witty Sirius radio show on Sunday, and after only a few short seconds, he hands me the phone, and says, “What’s this?!” A look of genuine confusion had usurped his entire countenance. I put the phone up to my ear
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Years ago, as a young mom with three little kids in tow, I remember visiting my mother-in-law’s home for the weekend -- a too infrequent delight for our entire family. After we sat down for breakfast and the always abundant spread of eggs, bacon, toast, muffins, and more,
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As we found ourselves recently shocked by reality -- that grown men would intentionally decapitate innocent others in the name of their so-called religion -- most of us have begun paying increased attention to terror in the Middle East. Not since the unspeakable wake of 9/11 have we consistently been
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Let’s call it what it is -- and not what it’s not... The unfathomable beheading at a food processing plant in Oklahoma City is not simply “workplace violence.” It was the evil act of a disgruntled, fired employee who was a Muslim convert, who may or may not have
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I learned a lesson last week. I learned the “code” of social media. Not to be confused with the proverbial dress code, dating code, or universal bro code -- each which are unfortunately, ostentatiously, sometimes broken -- social media has its own understood, accepted protocol. For example... Indirect tweeting is an art
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A headline snapshot from around the world this week... “U.S. Military Leaders: Strikes in Syria Are Just the Start of a Prolonged Campaign” “Ebola Epidemic Could Top a Million Victims If Not Contained, CDC Warns” “Lois Lerner Breaks Silence: I’m ‘Not Sorry for Anything I Did’” “A Majority
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These past few months we’ve witnessed even the non-sports fan pay increased attention to the athletic arena. From the previous outrage directed at then NBA owner Donald Sterling and his racist rants to the current outrage directed at the quartet of NFL players marked more by their off-
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"I am not a perfect son. I am not a perfect husband. I am not a perfect parent, but I am, without a doubt, not a child abuser." — currently deactivated NFL star, running back Adrian Peterson Former Pres. Richard M. Nixon told the world he wasn’t a
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“AR, I respectfully love you and respectfully disagree with you.” The above was the initial response to one of my recent posts... I love it! I love that love and respect didn’t equate to automatic agreement. Just because we love and respect someone doesn’t mean we have to
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Lots of incidents seem to be hitting us smack dab in the face lately... incidents that seemingly demand a response... The events of Ferguson, Missouri, where an unarmed black man was killed by a white police officer... Michael Sam, the first openly gay, potential professional NFL player, who was cut
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Come on feel the noise. Do you hear what I hear? Come on, come on; you gotta hear me now... We often don’t move until the volume increases -- until we actually hear something. Just as Thursday’s post acknowledged how our sense of seeing changes us, our sense of
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Seeing isn’t just believing. Seeing is feeling more deeply, justifying our passion... This day 13 years ago changed us. What we saw changed us. Most of us didn’t witness the exact moment those planes first hit -- or at least when the first plane flew shockingly into floors 93-