Photo by Alex Andrews on Pexels.com "Change We Can Believe In" was Barack Obama's campaign manifesto (https://www.amazon.com/Change-We-Can-Believe-Americas/dp/0307460452). That campaign manifesto seems to have been a catch phrase for preventing change "we" cannot believe in. It always comes back to "I" want to spend that money (even if it is your money) and you are not... Continue Reading →
THE SIN OF TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY — PART 3
Here is the third part of THE SIN OF TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY. In THE SIN OF TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY — PART 1, we considered the center of the universe, the heart of a human being. In THE SIN OF TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY — PART 2, we examined political examples of the sin of taking... Continue Reading →
THE SIN OF TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY — PART 1
I am not the center of the universe? Who Is The Center Of The Universe? "I" am not the center of the universe. Unfortunately, we find it easy to have an intellectual understanding of that truth, but we find it difficult to grasp that fact emotionally. That results in a strange irony. We each take... Continue Reading →
WHY ARE WE GIVING UP WITHOUT A STRUGGLE?
Many Americans grew up with the idea that America was the world's last best hope. There is, unfortunately, a problem that comes with having such a grandiose vision of our country. Once we have convinced ourselves that we are such an important influence in the world it is not that difficult to convince ourselves that... Continue Reading →
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