I have had mixed feelings about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders being turned away at a restaurant in Virginia. It reminds me of places that refuse to serve people of color or lesbia...Read More
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
So, we are going to have a new Head Peacemaker. After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson criticized the Russians for trying to murder two people with a banned chemical on the streets of London, he was f...Read More
Earlier this week, the occupant of the White House back peddled previous statements about gun laws and went back to being a good boy under the control of the National Rifle Association. He said there ...Read More
CNN currently airs a commercial that shows nothing but a banana peel. The voiceover explains how someone can call it an apple again and again until, pretty soon, people start to believe it is an apple...Read More
I posted a picture of a pill on my Facebook page yesterday. It is the drug Sovaldi, which has the capacity to cure Hepatitis C. The photo notes that the medication must be taken for 12 weeks and that ...Read More
One of my dearest friends is quite affluent. He worked hard and earned his money. He also is insightful and wise, which added to his success. At dinner recently, we talked about the tax plan that was ...Read More
In chapel at Hartford Seminary on Monday, Dr. Benjamin Watts preached about Joseph and his dreams. Dr. Watts prodded us to think about how our dreams shape who we are and what we are trying to accompl...Read More
In class yesterday, a pastor told a story about how her husband, who is from Columbia, was unable to return to that country for his father’s funeral because Immigration told him that if he left ...Read More
There is a story about Abraham Lincoln that, whether or not it actually happened, I know is true. In the midst of the Civil War, a woman tried to encourage the president by assuring him that the North...Read More