“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer Stop a minute and ponder this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. NOT TO ACT IS TO ACT! When we see veterans suffering…
The other night I spoke at a candlelight vigil for victims of drunk driving crashes and drug overdoses. One of the first things that came to mind as I was preparing my talk were a couple lines from my late grandma’s favorite bible verse, Psalm 30:5: “weeping may endure for…
I was reminded yesterday about the power of words. Meeting with a couple of people who have been helped by and seen the The Ladder UPP change lives, one of them recounted words from family members that had haunted her for years. “Thunder Thighs. Fat. You’ll never amount to anything.”…
Life gets very complicated. Work, kids, school, weather, bills, etc. you name it. They all can suck the fun out of life. If you let them. This past weekend I had a chance to be a kid again. It was a “complicated” free zone. While the climax of the weekend…
Never before have so many people been consumed by so much “stuff”. Computers, iPhones, Xbox, internet everywhere, chain store everything, fast food, boob jobs and Wal-Mart, you name it. It makes it hard to live simply, much less live. I would ask, to what end? We are rife with single-parent…
Old school with King David every Sunday. He cries, he rejoices, he tells God he is pissed off. The Psalms are as human as it gets. You aren’t the first to be mad at God. Don’t think too much of yourself, when it comes to humans and how we relate…
