I’m the kind of person who always wants to know why. Why do people do the things they do, say the things they say, make the choices they make? Why do some things work and some things fail? I like to know the why because I think the best way to make meaningful, lasting changes […]
Read MoreI want to say something, but what I have to say never feels like enough. Or, it seems like too much. I feel like I am sitting amidst some great divide and I can see both sides but can’t reach my arms far enough either way. I want to be a bridge, but I can’t […]
Read MoreGlennon Melton recently wrote that “There is no such thing as other people’s children”. I agree and would add that there is no such thing as “other people”, at least not after you’ve opened up your life to the people that are around you, // When you speak of Muslims, when you speak […]
Read MoreSometimes the pressure to assimilate reaches critical mass and you have to either join the crowd or jump ship. But often, it’s just uncomfortable, not unmanageable. Unfortunately, we often make the join in or jump ship decision when we don’t need to simply because we’d rather not deal with the tension of being the outlier. […]
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