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There are forces and voices in our increasingly polarized world that want us to view the issues of the day in a binary way: this or that; good or bad. Most issues are more complicated. This blog seeks to invite people to journey beyond the safety, if not the rigidity, of our silo and our ego – to the soul; where we have the opportunity to see things differently.
Faith in America: An Initiative to Promoste Fair, Safe and Free Elections
Our nation is facing profound risks in this election cycle.These risks include eroding trust in the voting process and large-scale disinformation campaigns. Not so hidden threats of political violence are being sent out by both the left and the right. The core of...
Faith in America: An Initiative to Promote Free, Fair and Safe Elections
Our nation is facing profound risks in this election cycle. These risks include eroding trust in the voting process and large-scale disinformation campaigns. Not so hidden threats of political violence are being sent out by both the left and the right. The core of...
Competence: An Antidote to Incompetence
Beneath the cruelty and corruption, behind the vengeance against and vilification of perceived enemies, underlying the lies and illegality of the Trump Administration is the incompetence. Extraordinary incompetence. It is often overlooked, given the litany of...
A bishop and gun safety activist offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints.
Instead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own, the author argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community.
Bishop Beckwith describes it this way: “We are trained to think, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness―pain and joy, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking.”
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