“Free speech” is one of the “hallowed” hallmarks of our political system. It is the basis upon which open debate rests and wrestles. Language matters. The Pro-Choice Caucus knows this. They recently sent out to Democratic Congress members messaging materials on the...
Russia’s devastating war against Ukraine has gotten our attention. The TV has made the extent of destruction and suffering vivid. The death and suffering is bringing “Crimes Against Humanity” charges against President Putin by governmental leaders. Recently the story...
I didn’t know it. The month of April is historically recognized as Second Chance Month. It is so designated to raise public awareness about giving those who have been convicted of crimes and have completed their prison sentences the opportunity for an honest second...
Suicide. The word itself carries difficult-to-name feelings…pain, shame, disbelief, gnawing questions. Professionals who deal with it in an ongoing way recently referred to it as an epidemic of hopelessness, a mental health crisis. Last year high school students...
In her book, Learning to say Goodbye, Edna Lashon tells the story of visiting with a friend of hers whose husband had died. They went out to the graveyard where the husband had been buried and began to share together memories of their life and their relationship....
Because it’s Holy Week, as a Christian the death Christ is vivid for me. The suffering in Ukraine is seemingly never absent from my awareness. And the word of Jesus, “If any man would come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me,” has a...
Emotions ran high. A husband and his wife had quarreled. Both were nursing their hurt feelings in defensive silence. As they were driving to attend a family wedding in a distant city, the angry tension between them was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Then the...
I am an avid reader and I’m not as disciplined in what I read as I might need to be. If I were more disciplined, I might learn more about something and learning more about something can enhance intellectual growth. Even so, I have learned a lot about some-things...