It was a normal protest night in Portland, Oregon. Police, armed and protected, stood shoulder to shoulder on one side of the street. Protesters waving …
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The Other Virus
When I was a child, I remember the virus that infested our town, our state, and our country, the United States of America. It was …
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I’m not usually angry when I walk out of a doctor’s visit, but apparently there’s a first time for everything. You see, today was my …
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Born in 1946, I am a baby boomer. I was raised in an era where following the Golden Rule was the customary way to behave. …
Read More »The Boy in the Storm
The day of January 25, 1978, had been favorable—rain and fog, a little misty, but the temperature a mild 40 degrees—when I clocked in at …
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Benevolence is a word that we seldom hear used today. It means that someone who is benevolent has a disposition to do good and to …
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Checking the Erosion of Relational Quality I grew up financially poor but relationally rich. My father was a sharecropper and my mother occupied her time …
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The Coronavirus is not a game or “foreign” agent that can be politicized or explained away. It is simply a virus on a mission to …
Read More »The Irreverent Christian
I think I’ve finally figured out what’s missing among many of us who claim to follow Christ. For months I’ve had this nagging conviction that …
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, Jesus said, “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in …
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