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Not One Stone Upon Another
As we approach Advent, thoughts turn to endings and beginnings. We are on the cusp of coming out of COVID-19. Yet, it is still with us. We see folks dining outside, playing in the park. Kids are in school. At…
Read MoreIn our Custody, In our Care
“In our Custody, In our Care.” That’s the motto of the Minneapolis Police Department. This last week the jury that had convicted Derick Chauvin of murder assembled with the media for the first time since that fateful trial. Seven of…
Read MoreSome Fundamental Respect Needed Now
I remember driving from Ridgecrest out through the desert to our church in Randsburg, just off Highway 395. It was not an infrequent sight to see in the distance a group of buzzards circling over what I presumed to be…
Read MoreA Single Garment of Destiny
In one of Martin Luther King’s most poignant writings, written from a city jail in 1963, Dr., King spoke of our common fate in America. We are one people tied up in a bond of interconnectedness. “Moreover, I am cognizant…
Read MoreA More Excellent Way
“Oops, I shouldn’t have said that.” How many times have the words gotten out of our mouths before we wish we could take them back? In the heat of argument, the insult, the half-truth, the jibe at another’s expense –…
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