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Reset Your Jesus Browser for Surprise
We Never Saw Anything like this before! Continue reading
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Weighing Evidence in the Court of Public Opinion
We are being bombarded from all sides with information. Some of it is partial information; some in information we do not have tools to process; some is deliberate or accidental misinformation. But … it is important know some things because… Continue reading
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In Perilous Times, Do Not Lose Sight of Hope
May hope be the aura that surrounds our lives, the given pitch that tunes our voices, the color of our countenances, and the tenor of our words. Continue reading
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Integrity and Accountability in Public Life
It is very difficult to maintain public integrity without accountability. That is true even if all the players are essentially honest people of good will. Continue reading
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Precision and Grace
Source: Wikipedia Dateline: 1975 – Virginia Tech computer lab. A stack of punched cards 9 inches high or higher is in my hand, each with one statement of code. After waiting in line at midnight, I insert them into the… Continue reading
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Winning an Argument Is Not Always All That
I am a steward of my words, Continue reading
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Revisiting the Matter of Philando Castile
This event brought together two issues that are hot button items in our culture and strangely, created cognitive dissonance: Continue reading
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Self-Talk in the Midst of a Mess
Peacemaking is turbulent, messy work. Get messy. Continue reading
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Trust in Princes
Granted that God is God and we are not, these are leadership benchmarks, against which, we might evaluate our own effectiveness. Continue reading
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