I taught my final class of the semester at Hartford Seminary last Tuesday about leading change in a white-water world. Somehow, the subject of the #MeToo movement came up, and I found myself going off...Read More
I long have thought that people need to let go of their psychic illusions. We needed to relinquish the idea that we can read other people’s minds, as well as the companion misconception that the...Read More
Prejudice insinuates itself beneath everyone’s skin, and it is difficult to root it out of our hearts. So, I must confess to my own learnings when I was a teenager. I became a licensed Methodist...Read More
Author and poet Patrice Vecchione reflects: To be alive is not primarily a linear experience. It’s a mix of dreaming and running to the store for a quart of milk. Our lives have depth, in part, ...Read More
I have an old postcard that I keep to remind me of an important principle. It is a photo of a statue in the Texas Ranger museum in Waco. On the base of the statue is a quote from Captain Bill McDonald...Read More
A tobacco industry lobbyist is about to become president of the American Cancer Society. That, of course, is fake news, but it is a great parallel illustration to the truth that the Senate is about to...Read More
Did you hear about the three preachers who ended up in hell? One was a Baptist who believed “once saved always saved.” One was a Methodist who believed that it was possible to “fall ...Read More
Then Yahweh said, “Write down the vision, inscribe it clearly on tablets. For the vision awaits an appointed time; pressing on to fulfillment it will not fail. Though it seems slow, wait for it:...Read More
I saw a cartoon recently that, sadly, was too true to be funny. In it, one executive says to another, “You know, if we’re not careful, the golden age of shoddy merchandise might be over.&#...Read More
There have been calls this week for Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott Pruitt to resign. Some people are upset because he got a sweetheart deal to rent a room from an oil industry lobbyis...Read More
