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Intelligence & education come in different forms
Our culture sends signals, such as: This person is smart. That person is not so smart. Parents sometimes send these signals more as a means of motivation or condemnation: “You’re so smart,” comes from good parents. “You dummy,” comes from bad ones. Schools send these signals by rewarding certain kinds of intelligence and undervaluing others. Societies send the signals by valuing more certain…
A must read for those who care about the USA & Christian faith
Jon Meacham’s And There Was Light is a remarkable book. Even if you’ve read a lot about Abraham Lincoln, you will probably learn things from this book. I especially liked how Meacham connected these historic events with Lincoln’s and other’s views of God and religion. Also, there are parallels here with our own times as heated polarized extremes battle for the future of America. I also like how…
'More than a feeling' holds key to love
Daily writing promptIf you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?View all responses In college (1976), I bought Boston’s first album as soon as it came out. “More Than A Feeling” led off the A side, and I can still hear it in my head — helped by the fact that I have purchased the album in LP, CD, and digital form. That song title leads me to what I would say on freeway billboard if I had…
For '... the love of books'
In a time when literacy is waning, here’s a good word from Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel: “On at least two occasions, the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled scion of Buddhism, convened a group of eminent Jews to learn how the Jewish people have flourished despite persecution and exile over the course of millennia. He received a variety of answers, including our portable, family-based traditions that do not…
A. Lincoln: 'We must live through all time, or die by suicide'
Abraham Lincoln (1838) 28 years old: “In the great journal of things happening under the sun, we, the American People, find our account running, under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era. “We find ourselves in the peaceful possession, of the fairest portion of the earth, as regards extent of territory, fertility of soil, and salubrity of climate. “We find ourselves under the…
Lessons in Chemistry is more than a science lesson
I personally rate books on a 10-point scale. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus got a 9, thus five stars on GoodReads. At 200 pages, my rating stood at 6; I was struggling. I loved the stuff about science and women’s issues, but I just didn’t find most of the characters believable or interesting, except Six-Thirty. At 245 pages, my rating moved up to 7; it was becoming better…
I’m no expert on the Apostle Paul, but I’ve been reading the New Testament over 60 of my 69 years and this novel seems to nail his personality. Yes, Wangerin had to use his imagination, and there is no way everything actually happened like this 2,000 years ago, but there is much more to the life of Paul than could be captured in the biblical Book of Acts and a few of Paul’s letters. Wangerin’s…
'A long time ago' tells us something about looking forward
As I think about the future and the importance of emerging young leaders, I think also of the past. “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. . . . There came a time of revolution, when rebels united to challenge a tyrannical empire.” No, wait, that’s from the beginning of Star Wars: A New Hope (the original). Let’s try this: A long time ago, in a country far, far away. . . . There came a…
May 14, 1996 — the day I first saw the Internet
I found a copy of a 1996 email today from me to Keith Stanford. It’s a report of my first glimpse at the Internet. “Yesterday I got my first look at the Internet — via Cecil Renshaw’s computer. As you know, I’ve been using CompuServe for some time now. The Internet is a whole other ballgame. After my brief exposure yesterday, I better understand what all the hype is about. The ease of access to…
A birth leads to so much more
I wrote this to my sister this morning then thought to share it here: 96 years ago … in a house alongside the railroad tracks … a good woman gave birth … to a child … who would love her mom … and learn how to love even in a household of hurt … three bothers to help their first little sister know more than hurt … a loving yet disturbed life begun … with two treasured grandparents just up the…
Physical therapists know magic
Here’s an idea for others getting older, like me, which, by the way, applies to all of us who are living. When I’m waiting for the microwave to do it’s thing I often stand on first one leg then another. I do it at other times, as well. I learned this almost 15 years ago from a physical therapist when I was recovering from ACL replacement surgery. She said something about it helping build…
Memories are part of us & we need to make new ones
Sometimes, while reading a novel, you find yourself. That happened again for me this morning while re-reading Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow. Crow was remembering his childhood time while in school. “I had ways of not allowing myself to be fully present in the classroom, even though I was physically confined there. I looked out the windows. A window opening on nothing but the blank sky was…
I smile; it's what I do
I smile It’s what I doEspecially when I see peopleEspecially people I love I smileBut I’m battling despairIt seems much of what I have stood forIs now turning out to be unwanted. I smileAnd I think of JesusThat man who brought so much to so manyBy showing a better way than that of the world. I smileBut I’m battling despairBecause the people known by Jesus’ title, ChristSeem to think it was all…
C.S. Lewis, a conservative, saw the problem with theocracy
C.S. Lewis: “I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord’, it lies, and lies dangerously.” Lewis’ social, political philosophy was just as conservative as his theology, yet he saw the danger of theocracy. In the USA today, theocracy is what some Christians desire and…
We have a choice — love or pride
Walter Wangerin’s novel about the Apostle Paul is a deep joy. In a part I just read, he has Peter say, “Between love and pride, pick love.” Peter is talking to Jesus followers caught in disagreement. His words would be good for disagreeing Christians now. Not that we must give up a pursuit of truth, but that as we pursue understanding a heavy dose of love would push us toward more graciousness…
I must not, I cannot despair
I despair, but I do not give upI do not check outI do not become who I am notI do not become an anti-Christ. I try not to give upI try not to check outI try not to become who I am notI try not to become an anti-Christ. Christ represents most all that I know of GodChrist shows love, compassion for our hurtsChrist heals and speaks truth to powerChrist dies on a tree cursed by his…
We are citizens, yes, but much more
Middle of the nightReading about the Apostle Paul,Citizen of Rome and PhariseeBut with a deeper identity. Middle of the nightThinking about myselfCitizen of America and BaptistBut with a deeper identity. Paul didn’t stop being a citizen,But he did stop seeing himselfAs only a citizen.He became something deeper. I do not stop being a citizen,But I must not see myselfAs only a citizen.I must…