You’re No Billy Graham
And our music did not include George Beverly Shea. Confused as I was it became clear the comparisons, maybe innocently, provided an excuse to move on. Not me. Them.… Continue reading
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Something Is In the Air – Kierkegaard and Kaepernick
One of my favorite weekly writing opportunities is to write for the Tuttle Times. My role is to write a piece on spirituality and I do so as pastor. … Continue reading
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Peggy Noonan References the “Many” Family or, Words Matter: A Crossover Podcast with T4E
When we say we forgive, do we mean we are forgiving a person or forgiving something a person did? Jaques Derrida used this question to describe what he meant when he talked about forgiving the unforgettable. He was speaking in post-Apartheid South Africa.… Continue reading
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So You Support Education in Oklahoma? Time for @OKJusticeReform
The current budget crisis in Oklahoma calls for education. This is quite the irony since education funding saw its share of cuts. But, the sort of education needed does not require sitting in a classroom in a local public school.… Continue reading
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Blue Occupations, Black Bodies and Homelessness: An Interview with Jonathan Russell
Pastor lives matter. But, that is not the same as #blacklivesmatter. My friend Greg Horton confirmed that to equate pastor lives, an occupation, with black lives, an incidence of birth, is considered the Fallacy of False Equivalency. Or, you may consider it a False Analogy.… Continue reading
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