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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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“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
Current Event
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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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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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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As a current events observer, one of the aspects I find increasingly frustrating is how politics has polluted governance. To pollute: “to contaminate with harmful or poisonous substances.” To contaminate: “to make impure.” Call me a purist, but I believe government is less effective and ethical when pollution reeks. Of
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As a current events observer, one of the aspects I find increasingly frustrating is how politics has polluted governance. To pollute: “to contaminate with harmful or poisonous substances.” To contaminate: “to make impure.” Call me a purist, but I believe government is less effective and ethical when pollution reeks. Of
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So once again, this week the world witnessed the gruesome beheading of an American journalist via terrorists’ heinous hands. Let me humbly share a limited listing of what we know for certain about the deteriorating situation... and what we do not know. First... what we know... ISIS, the Islamic State
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So once again, this week the world witnessed the gruesome beheading of an American journalist via terrorists’ heinous hands. Let me humbly share a limited listing of what we know for certain about the deteriorating situation... and what we do not know. First... what we know... ISIS, the Islamic State
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After multiple insights, expressions, opinions, and articulations... silliness, seriousness, sincerity, and sarcasm... stories of triumph, struggle, heartache, and hope... let me say one thing: I’m back! It is with great joy, my friends, that I pick up my metaphorical pen, resuming our respectful dialogue of current events. I believe
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After multiple insights, expressions, opinions, and articulations... silliness, seriousness, sincerity, and sarcasm... stories of triumph, struggle, heartache, and hope... let me say one thing: I’m back! It is with great joy, my friends, that I pick up my metaphorical pen, resuming our respectful dialogue of current events. I believe