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One of the innumerable aspects I deeply appreciate about Christmas is how the holiday is clearly a contemporary collision course. Collisions get our attention. They demand we stop where we are, shred our schedules and to-do lists, and deal with the immediate. In “this thing we keep calling 2020,
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It’s that time of year — that time when the music pipes into far more than the elevators. The following song is actually, incredibly fascinating… One of my guiding principles is never to let life become rote. I don’t want the daily rhythms of life to become so mechanical
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Recently stated was that I don’t believe “‘this thing we keep calling 2020’ has inserted all sorts of newness and new perspective into our lives. Rather, I believe it’s revealed — more like ‘ripped the Band-Aid off’ — of what was already there.” Perhaps our most significant gaping wound
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As oft advocated, the Intramuralist believes in an intentional, careful, news source selection. It’s not that we shouldn’t be subject to bias; however, we can’t claim to possess an accurate, objective perspective if we rely on a singular side, voice or source. Hence, today’s post was
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Many days we’ve asserted the fact that people experience life differently. As written here before the pandemic ever began, for example… “My Hispanic neighbors across the street are consistently engaged in managing their business and chasing after their adorable, young children. My gay friends on the corner take some
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To be two-dimensional means to “appear to have length and breadth but no depth.” In other words, there only exists what we see from a singular stance, what’s on the surface — nothing behind the object, nothing backing it up. To be three-dimensional adds the depth; there exists
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Lately I’ve been pondering the prudence of the Overton Window — not necessarily its existence, but rather, how the boundaries and framing are established. Follow me here. The Overton Window is the span of public policy that is considered acceptable at any given moment in time. It was a model
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Now that we’ve had some time to take a breath and reflect upon the month of November — arguably the climax of this thing we keep calling “2020” — come. Let’s reason together as to what we learned as a nation… First… Near 150 million persons exercised their right to
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Several years ago, the New York Times published a rather creative vocabulary quiz — 25 questions, multiple choice, all about word usage and pronunciation. Among the questions: “How do you pronounce the second syllable of pajamas?” “Do you pronounce cot and caught the same?” “What do you call the rubber-soled
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Sometimes I’m the one who says the wrong thing. Sometimes I’m the one who has refused to give generous grace. Sometimes I’m the one who has ranted and raved. Sometimes I’m the one who has ignored the political hypocrisy because I like how that person votes.
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Allow me to begin with a deeply personal, but profoundly relevant account… 19 years ago I gave birth to one of the most amazing human beings ever. To be clear, every human is amazing — each divinely wired in their own wonderful way. But part of what makes one very talented,
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Seriously. After all that — in the middle of an ongoing, uncertain pandemic — how do we heal? This is not solely some sweet-sounding, gentle Intramuralist encouragement. It's also not written simply because Nov. 3rd has passed. With Joe Biden looking to have secured the Presidency, Democrats losing significant