I am a proud “Bleeding Heart Progressive Liberal”. I CARE about other people. I hold in highest esteem those who exemplify the cardinal VIRTUES and I hold in very low esteem any inclination toward the cardinal VICES … except for righteous indignation against any abuse of people, privilege or power. I believe in FAIRNESS. I…
Preface I am not into lost causes, losing propositions or meaningless pursuits, including “fandom”, Superhero Divination, fantasy games, conspiracy theories, cult “caving”, and tribal “exceptionalism”. The first and last person I don’t want to fool – or BE fooled – is me. I will not shy from the difficult or even imponderable as long as…
October 31, 1999 Rick Shaw, Chairman Communications Task Force SHUMC Dear Rick: Following the “Visioning Retreat” yesterday, a long-latent thought occurred to me that I felt I should pass along to the Communications Task Force. The original concept arose from personal experiences in my own pilgrimage where I felt in awe and privileged to witness…
Many hearty and sincere souls harbor a belief that the Bible holds a precise and inerrant account of how we got here – the earth was created in SIX DAYS some 4,000 years ago. Other hearty souls believe the Bible is the INSPIRED “Word of God”, to be taken in Spirit but not necessarily literally…
One of the most limiting factors in “becoming all that we can be” is failing to get TRACTION … failing to be able to GRASP and DIG IN on whatever we’re going to become and wherever it is we’re going to go. Life just seems so nebulously “ungraspable” … Captain Ahab finds himself in this…