Before the dust settles from yesterday’s emphasis of Father’s Day, let me offer my endorsement of fatherhood – and the men who have stepped-up to the challenge – as essential to the relational integrity of society. From families to churches to communities to nations, men play a critical role in bringing people together in mutually-beneficial […]
Jun 10 2019
The Reality Program we’re forced to watch…
The race has begun; it will end in 512 days… and then start up again. I’ve lived through 16 presidential election cycles, and that experience does not energize me regarding the next 17 months. Cursed with digital devices programmed to deliver “Breaking News” with no legitimacy filter, anything having to do with the two dozen […]
Jun 3 2019
Fools are Fearless; the Wise are Afraid
No: Be afraid. Be very afraid. The line has become nearly ubiquitous; its modern origin is the 1986 horror flick, The Fly. Jeff Goldblum is the quirky scientist; Geena Davis is the reporter working to expose his teleportation work. As Goldblum’s lab goof sends him into species transfer, he tries to reassure the reporter: “Don’t […]
May 27 2019
Will you be remembered?
This is a profound season for 3,245,900 young adults in America: graduating from high school, and they represent a unique generation. They – and their younger siblings – live in a period unlike any before: America has been at war – continually – through their entire lifetimes. Years ago, the Joy family were contemporaries in […]
May 20 2019
The last message you’ll hear, graduates, before the bell
Graduates from all grade levels – elementary, middle, high, undergrad and graduate schools – are lining up to “walk” at their respective graduation ceremonies. For the high school-and-beyond graduate events, the restless students and their attentive families will likely be subjected to untested advice from a special celebrity guest who cleared the ever-changing vetting criterion […]
May 13 2019
Your identity is on the line
That sick feeling you had when you got rolling today; what is that? After you finished the get-ready process and tuned in on what’s waiting for you – out there, in the world you’re commuting into – how did that tune you up for your day? Oh, yeah: we’re at war… and you’re in the […]
May 6 2019
When first isn’t first anymore – the Kentucky Derby
Parties were widespread over the weekend for the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo. For the Kentucky Derby Mint Julep set, the festivities on Saturday happened at Churchill Downs, the iconic Thoroughbred racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky (home to the fried chicken made famous last week, on Capitol Hill). Opened in 1875, in its first year of […]
Apr 29 2019
Are you a consumer or investor?
Are you a consumer or investor? “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus…” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. In 1952, Congress passed a resolution calling for that annual focus; it was signed by Truman and has been part […]
Apr 22 2019
It’s all in how you see it…
Tell me what you see; I’ll know more about who you are… an empty tomb? an ink blot? It’s more widely panned than practiced, but everyone knows the essence of the test. Created 98 years ago by Hermann Rorschach, the 10 cards – each with inkblots – are the basis for subjective interpretation and, based […]
Apr 18 2019
History is impacted by Average Joes
Maundy, Maundy, so good to me… Culture has appropriated history, time and again, reframing the timeless in an effort to reinvent it for modern meaning. It was The Mamas and The Papas who sang, “Monday, Monday, so good to me…” But Monday isn’t Maundy… Today is Maundy Thursday. The cultural calendar of 2019 isn’t likely […]
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