In Part 1 I made the audacious claim that the privileged inherit most of the power and the powerful end up with most of the privileges. If power corrupts then privilege is blind. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s something I call a “moral governor” that the privileged and powerful must acquire …
The Moral Governor (Part 1 of 2)
The privileged inherit most of the power and the powerful end up with most of the privileges. They say power corrupts and privilege is blind. I can’t say that I disagree. But is there another way? The New Testament gives brief accounts of two famous men of power and privilege––centurions both. For my money, these …
Where This “Snowflake” Lands
Here is some friendly pushback to the rebuttals I received on a recent Facebook post of mine in which I linked an article from the New York Daily News by Shaun King. The gist of the article was that the President-Elect and his proposed cabinet are not as educated as our current President and his …
Resisting Racism and Other Injustices the Jesus Way
An older white guy wearing a red 'MAGA' hat asked my friend the other day, "Were you one of the NIGGERS rioting in Oakland last night?" Troubling times. Very troubling. Solutions anyone? Martin Luther King Junior offered his own solution to troubling times called, “Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” which was printed in the Christian Century …
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Go tell that fox…
At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal. In any case, I must …
