What does it mean to be an “American?” What brings all Americans together, as one? Apparently, that question lacks an enforceable answer today. American schools – from government-backed preschools to exclusive private universities – are too-often graduating students who are derisive of all-things American (except for their freedom to dis their country). Revulsion toward the […]
Jul 8 2019
Let freedom ring…
176 left to go. Before you think I’ve shifted into a hyper-philosophical mindset after a long holiday weekend celebrating freedom, hear me out… The internet has turned us into searchers; our pursuit of life has been shaped by summarizing. Come up with a few search terms, and you’ll have the latest thinking on any narrow […]
Jul 1 2019
A national cheek-swab for 1776andme (and the Declaration of Independence)
Happy Birthday (this Thursday we celebrate our Declaration of Independence)! We’re aging – together – within a unique experiment. Wow; we’re 243. It’s an age when we – nationally – are at risk of some corporate dementia. While we wave flags and attend parades, it’s tempting to forget where we came from. It was 93 […]
Jun 24 2019
Are you COEXIST-ing, in the modern neighborhood?
COEXIST. In the modern neighborhood, there’s no better way to declare one’s trendy tolerance than to put that sticker on your bumper. Toss out your notes from your old days in Sunday School; theology for the 21st Century requires a new primer to operate the culture’s newest upgrade on your spirituality platform… COEXIST is the […]
Jun 17 2019
These guys (and our Father) are anything but optional…
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 […]
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