I’m pretty sure I could have caused some significant damage if I hadn’t been seeing a dang good chiropractor of late… when the opposing team ran onto the field at last week’s Solon High School football game, the two young kids next to me started hollering “boo” at the top of their lungs and my neck [...]
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The Early Beginnings of Civility
Posted in community, musings, parenting, politics on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If I was asked to pray at the inauguration…
Posted in PCUSA, faith, musings, politics on January 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In case anyone is wondering, if I had been asked to pray at the Inauguration I would not have closed with the Lord’s Prayer. I know I’m making a number of assumptions here but I didn’t want any of you (all 3 of you who read this blog!) to lose sleep over this.
Here is why: [...]
A Part of History
Posted in faith, family, musings, politics on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We did it. Yes, we knew it would be cold. Yes, we knew the crowds would be insane. Yes, we knew we had to be there.
Back in 1993 a group of us went to Clinton’s inauguration. It was our last January class and we needed to take something so we created an independent study on [...]
Blinders
Posted in faith, family, palestine/israel, politics, tagged Gaza, hope, Inauguration, israel, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin's Big Words on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Blinders are such a hassle. Unless you’re a race horse, I guess.
K2 read to me the story Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tonight as I tucked her into bed. Tomorrow we leave for Washington, D.C. for the inauguration. She reads with great inflection for an eight year [...]
Moving beyond the violence
Posted in PCUSA, faith, musings, palestine/israel, politics on January 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I can’t quite wrap my head around the numbers: one third of the dead in Gaza are children. I’m sure the numbers of Israeli children killed over the course of the never ending bloodshed in the Middle East is equally distressing. In the midst of all the horrific news I heard a brief conversation between [...]
Peace, peace…
Posted in faith, musings, palestine/israel, politics, sermons, tagged Gaza, Howard Thurman, israel, palestine, peace on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the passages of scripture that ruminated within me during my two week pilgrimage in Israel/Palestine was this one from Jeremiah:
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying ‘peace, peace’ when there is no peace.
The violence in Gaza is overwhelming. Neither side is without fault. Pointing fingers will not help. What is [...]
A Prayer for November 4, 2008
Posted in faith, musings, politics, tagged election, hope, prayer on November 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Regardless of where you stand on the issues or what candidate you support, I hope you will join me in uttering this prayer tomorrow:
Under your law we live, great God, and by your will we govern ourselves. Help us as good citizens to respect neighbors whose views differ from ours, so that without partisan anger, [...]
Don’t ask, don’t tell
Posted in musings, politics, tagged don't ask don't tell, election, racism on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The other day I heard a sad, depressing, sickening (you choose the adjective) interview on NPR. It took place somewhere in Ohio. A woman who had just met Barack Obama in a restaurant was asked about the experience. She was giddy about the opportunity to shake his hand and meet him personally. Naturally, the next question [...]
Glory Days
Posted in faith, musings, politics, sermons, tagged Bruce Springsteen, politics, rest on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love working on biblical texts in community. In this case it was through Facebook and the status update my friend Marci posted on Saturday about how Bruce’s song Glory Days might connect to the lectionary texts for this past Sunday. For many this past week was a time to talk about those glory days [...]
