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When Evil has a Lovely Mother
What if you met the mother of evil and thought she was a lovely woman? Would you then invite evil over for cookies? In Men in Black, Will Smith engages in training to battle alien invaders. During a simulation, he and the other trainees encounter a scene that involves a little girl walking in a …[ read more ]
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Speaking Truth to Powerful Women
Women are powerful beings. With a glance, we can raise a man’s hopes or wither his self-esteem (often leaving me to wonder why burka-enforcing men think it safe to leave a window for the laser-beam of a woman’s eyes.) As women have risen to inhabit an equal place in culture (which is a good thing), …[ read more ]
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The Church Knows Better . . .
We’re a nation of wrestlers. Daily we contend with the greater issues of our humanity. How do we define gender and sexuality? How do we love our neighbors – those within and those without our borders? How can we protect our loved ones from violence and terrorists? Is it ever moral to take a life? …[ read more ]
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Where There is Shouting, Let me Whisper Truth
If I can shout louder than you can, does that make me right? Does the volume of the outcry justify the stand? If there are many us, thousands, in fact, and we all shout at once, does that mean that now we own the truth? When people shout at us, we’re tempted to shout back. …[ read more ]
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There Should Be More Weeping
It’s not a political issue for me – really. Whatever that means. It’s a source of unspeakable sadness. To appreciate my perspective, understand I came up through the sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties. I was there for the dawning of the age of Aquarius when all the long- haired, tie-dyed promises of the future came …[ read more ]