“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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Latest Posts

  • Basic Policy Standard on Personal Apologies: 1. Never ask for one. 2, Never reject one. 3. Always assume it is sincere. 4. Watch what happens next to see if my assumption was correct. 5. Be glad if I was right.… Continue reading

  • Why I Continue to Choose Civility

    Civility is important to me because of who I am-not because of who anyone else is. In the end of it all, only love wins. Continue reading

  • No Good Thing

    Grace That Saved a Wretch Like Me Continue reading

  • Now Is the Time

    Now is the time for listening, hearing, and understanding. It may be painful, humbling, and frustrating, but it is breakthrough time. Continue reading

  • Why Is It Difficult for Rural Americans to Conceive of Police Brutality?

    The answer to many of our current problems is small, community policing structures that are demilitarized and hyper-relational. Continue reading

  • Lemonade requires the lemon be squeezed. Oil requires that the olives be pressed. Art, so often flows from tormented souls, twisted, pressed, heated, squeezed. Out of the depths we cry to Thee, Oh Lord. There is no correctness in art,… Continue reading

  • The New Order

    The church is part of a brand new order in God's Kingdom where human authority is not required to legitimize its message and deeds. It is neither required nor desired, recognized nor sought. It is a strange and wonderful movement… Continue reading

  • Feeling Lost? Disoriented?

      Where are we? We are right where we started. We live in a world of ambiguity and confusion, a world of tension and hostility, and a world of lust and desire. We share a common humanity with every broken… Continue reading

  • Examine Closely with Durable Hope

    Assume less than you suspect. Inspect even what you expect. Squint the eye examining minutia. Ask more questions than you answer. Preface your declarations with wiggle room for change of mind and heart. And yet, somehow, live with confidence. Learn… Continue reading

  • Collected Meditations on Paradox, Self-Reflection, Leadership, and Adversarial Relationships

    Photo by Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash If you shy away from paradox,You'll be left with only one doc.Sometimes, a second opinion is in order.Sometimes you can get both perspectives from the same Source.God sometimes scrambles our understanding to lead us… Continue reading

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