TweetShare – Tired of ‘isms’? Share this article.   I am truly saddened and disappointed by fb friends making derogatory comments about Muslims, ‘red necks’, and any group they consider ‘others’. Here is my response to those folks and also below is an adorable video of kids from ‘Christ Tree’ singing about diversity with the song, ‘the world is a rainbow’. Dear folks who...

TweetShare – If you agree that the death penalty and punitive justice is not the answer, share this article of facebook or twitter. Recently someone I know posted a photograph of the noose, along with the caption, “It’s time we bring this back for pedophiles.” The photo of the noose made me think about how so many people support punitive justice and vengeance. I am bothered by the fact that people look for...

TweetShareSometimes a random insight or thought comes to mind that I think is worth recording. I’m planting these thought-seeds here with the hope that I will have the time and discipline to grow a few of them into more in-depth essays in the future. Also, if any of them happen to take root with you, or you choose to scatter some of these thought-seeds among your friends, I would be thrilled.     I n this moment you can be...

TweetShare – Did this article make you laugh? Share or retweet it.   I am sitting on an airplane en route to Minneapolis from Phoenix.  Boarding the plane today I noticed an interesting phenomena, let’s call it ‘Silver Syndrome’. As a way to increase revenue and customer loyalty, airlines have created a caste system among their passengers.  First Class, Chairmen, Platinum, Gold, Silver…. Members of these groups enjoy...

Today is Halloween, a day of costumes, ghouls and candy. I find it a strange holiday, celebrating death, gruesomeness, violence, pain and all that is ugly all the while encouraging our young ones to stuff their faces with processed sugar and chemicals. WTF is wrong with our society? Somewhere along the way, what started out over 2,000 years ago as a Celtic spiritual celebration mutated into this secular holiday of horror movies and decadent...

I wrote this little history lesson to go with my ‘No More Hollow Halloweens’ essay. The Celtic Halloween was intended to ward off evil spirits, for the Celtics believe that on this day the ghost world was allowed to freely pass into our world and wreak havoc. They built huge bonfires, wore animal skins/heads to appear as ‘spirits’ thus disguising themselves from malicious ghosts, and engaged made prophetic proclamations...