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America’s Nuclear Soul

by Terry December 17, 2008

Dodo birds like Gafney can blather all they want about how “delighted” they are about the necessity of offering upwards of 600,00 deaths on the altar of American hegemony. But the ingrown hypocrisy of incubating a staggering 5,500 nuclear weapons we reserve the right to use pre-emptively on any buddy we choose, is morally and ethically bankrupt.

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DIVIDING THE INHERITANCE

by Terry December 6, 2008

When the crowds who came to hear Jesus teach began to include many of his bitter enemies, he explained his decision to teach in parables this way: “I will present my teaching in a parable, so that you may each take for yourself that which finds a reception in your heart.”

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Knocking On Death’s Door

by Terry November 16, 2008

Although the death scenes in these two well-produced tubes were selected for their cinematic qualities,  they can still set the mood for a more serious contemplation of your own mortality. Check’m out.
I don’t need to tell you how large the idea of death looms in our collective consciousness, in our daily lives.  After all, people [...]

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McPTSD is So “That One”

by Michael Hart October 8, 2008

Fear and anger weaken character, and destroy happiness.
Is that so hard to understand?  And just like hate, anger is a destructive influence on the human soul.
“That one” who suffers from PTSD;
“That one” who should never have responsibility or authority for launching deadly force on the people of other nations.
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Aww;  what a sweetie!  Ignoring the “WSJ” [...]

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Reality Bites

by Terry September 20, 2008

More galaxies than grains of sand on every beach of this world.
Taken with the Hubble Deep Field, January 15, 1996
Since it’s a lovely morning, why don’t we take stock of a few things that most of us take for granted. Let’s start with some practical aspects of “reality.”  Here we are— billions of us— [...]

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The Middle Class First

by Terry August 13, 2008

The Middle Class First.
Not the Red State Middle Class. Not the Blue State Middle Class. Not the Republican middle Class. Not the Democrat Middle Class. Not the Conservative Middle Class. Not the Liberal Middle Class. Not the Right Wing Middle Class. Not the Left Wing Middle Class. [...]

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The Real Audacity of Hope

by Terry August 6, 2008

Andy: “. . .That’s the beauty of music; they can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music?
Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn’t make much sense in here.
Andy: Here’s where it makes the most sense. [...]

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The Lost Sheep

by Terry June 26, 2008

Dr. James Dobson exposing gay troubadour and inanimate object, Sponge Bob.

James Dobson cannot speak for me. Before God, as we all are, he may only speak for himself. If one thing could be clear about our relationship with God as a Father, it should be that he loves us as [...]

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BUSH VISITS MY OFFICE

by Michael Hart April 21, 2008

Yep, Chimpy stopped by our office today. The hardcore software geeks have their own communal cell near the center of the campus circles. I was almost finished painting a mural on the last wall of their cube farm, one of four twenty foot tall stucco constraints with no windows; at least the poor [...]

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Values Beyond Political Conflict

by Terry March 6, 2008

There’s a common misconception rampant in political and other discourse in the world today, and it leads to all kinds of injustice, terrorism, and other spiritual horrors. It’s the idea that love of what’s right is the same thing as hatred of what’s wrong. The two are like day and night. One heals, the [...]

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