Love requires sacrifice, and means that we must learn to love the lives of others as well as our own. This type of love makes it clear that comfort can quickly become its own corruption. When we love beyond our own lives and comfort, we begin to love the lives of those connected to us and we are challenged and inspired to build a better world for all of us.
Seven Principles to Guide You For more days than I can remember now, when my wife and I are taking our lunch break, I have remarked to her, “I am going to click on the computer for a minute and …
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When I was a child my mother began a slow journey with cancer. Her journey ended when I was fourteen years old. That was when I learned that the price of love was grief. It was love’s absence that finally …
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Reflections on Our Need for Unity (A Wake-Up Call to the White Middle Class) Centuries ago, an old story tells us, a proverbial wise man from the East implored his deity to spare him from living in interesting times. …
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At midnight on New Year’s Eve I noticed there were far less fireworks celebrating the arrival of the new year than in the past. On New Year’s Day, a day I like to spend in reflection, I realized that I …
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Why do so many of us insist we need to have military-grade assault weapons? This question has haunted me for decades, and I am surprised that so few on our national scene have asked it. I also wonder why so …
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The political chaos and threats in our country today are reminding us we must begin to wake up, and renew and change our country for the better. We must face our reality. The following article is from my book Students …
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Why do so many of us want to own weapons designed to kill human beings, weapons designed for mass murder? What is it that makes us terrified of losing those weapons? The following article is from my book Students Under …
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This week marks three weeks since I released a personal reading of Students Under Siege on YouTube. Thank you for listening and sharing your support. It always humbles me and inspires me that you want to spend time in the …
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This morning a friend shared with me that she felt like the world has drastically changed for the worse. I have heard this comment a lot lately and tended to agree with it. But, as I have been reflecting on …
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