The Right Map
Most of us today use our phones to navigate us, but suppose that the map on your phone was incorrect. By that, I mean that it had confused the city you were in with another. There you are driving, following your navigational map. Still, all the turns, stops, and freeways don’t seem to be taking […]
Systemic Salvation
We’ve heard a lot about systemic racism lately. Systemic is a term that means internal or throughout the system. So, is there systemic racism? Of course, it’s always existed between races of every kind and shows no partiality. But the bigger question, can it be cured? Dialog won’t cure it, shame and guilt won’t cure […]
An Attitude Shift
In a subway in New York, people were sitting quietly, some looking at their phones, others listening to music through their earbuds, others resting with their eyes closed. Then suddenly a man and his children entered the subway car. His kids were loud and obnoxious and instantly changed the whole climate of the subway car. […]
Don’t Let Bugs Destroy You
The past Prime Minister of Great Britain, Benjamin Disraeli, said the following. “Life is too short to be little.” Those words have helped and can help us today. As another person said, “Here we are on the earth, with only a few short decades to live, and we lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances […]