No, not the “Saint.” Come to think of it, maybe he is a saint. My friend Francis was living in doorways or behind dumpsters when we first met in San Francisco’s Tenderloin; a gentle and sober soul with a demeanor belied by his wild appearance. His riotous silver hair was as unwashed and unkempt as …
What Jesus Thought About Universal Victim Blaming (Part 2 of 5)
As you can see this is the second piece of a five-part essay. If you’d rather read it all at once, you can find it in barneywiget.com Mother Teresa told of a time when she spoke at a conference on world hunger in Bombay. "I was supposed to go to that meeting and I lost the …
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(Just) Enough Time (Part 1 of 6)
[Rather than read this piece-by-piece, if you prefer, you can see the entire essay at barneywiget.com.] “My uncle told a good story with his life, but I think there was such a sadness at his funeral because his story wasn’t finished. If you aren’t telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they …
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