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market satya nadella is a defining presence in technology simone biles is a defining presence in gymnastics other names come to mind in their respective endeavors you have your own list of those who lead the way moses muhammad and the writers of the hindu vedas were among those who ve been a defining presence as were the buddha and jesus i m most familiar with jesus who lived long ago but continues to be for me a defining presence shaping my worldview from richard rohr the divine image and dignity are inherent in every being we have the freedom and honor of choosing to grow or not in our unique likeness of this image jesus is one clear example of this path who models inclusive nondual compassionate thinking and being nondual living isn t a common conversation topic but i believe it is vitally important so this week s posts will focus on the jesus model of inclusive nondual compassionate thinking and being as a defining presence for us today what is a slum definition of a global housing crisis habitat for humanity uk 2 comments unity universe may 29 2021 may 29 2021 true unity richard rohr s pentecost meditation was entitled we turn around one thing from the first two paragraphs unity is not the same as uniformity unity in fact is the reconciliation of differences and those differences must be maintained if we had made that simple distinction between uniformity and true unity many of our problems especially those of overemphasized separate identities could have been overcome we see this beautiful diversity and yet unity in the universe itself from latin unis versus to turn around one thing ten years ago some friends and i spent a few days with richard in albuquerque he talked a lot about dualism an us versus them mentality that sometimes takes the form of tribalism we see it throughout our world in polarized families divisions in churches splits in political parties and broken friendships true unity is strong and has no need to seek or demand uniformity click the link below the photo for an 11 minute ted talk is by a ninth grade teacher in nebraska about respect listening and caring she s a georgia native so you can watch it at 1 25x or 1 5x speed and save time you can also read a transcript as you listen her school mascot is a link as in a chain we re in this together how can we support the emotional well being of teachers by sidney jensen ted com october 2019 2 comments art unity may 28 2021 may 28 2021 pierre eugene we touch his handiwork every day he was born in geneva switzerland spent ten years in the west indies moved to new york and then to philadelphia in 1766 his 1779 pencil drawing of george washington was an early portrait of the future president he was the art consultant for the committee that designed the great seal of the united states pierre eugène du simitière 1736 1784 took the americanized form of pierre eugene du simitiere he accomplished much in his 18 years in america including his suggestion of our first national motto e pluribus unum out of many one you touch it every day that you handle our coins or currency millions of people billions of touches we are going through a period of testing this vision of unity that embraces diversity this testing may get more difficult before it gets better but i believe we will emerge from this era of short sightedness with renewed appreciation for our diverse strengths that make the union stronger from the boglewood catalog 1 comment bridge builders unity may 27 2021 may 26 2021 a committee one night this week i dreamed i was giving a committee report to a regional church body i think my unconscious mind was processing a recent committee meeting via zoom one committee i m thankful not to be on is actually a board the one that oversees stone mountain in georgia i first heard of stone mountain through a coin collector neighbor when i was a boy he ferried his son and me to coin shows and coin club meetings i remember two us half dollar commemorative coins an 1892 columbian exposition half dollar and a 1925 stone mountain memorial half dollar i liked buffalo nickels more as a white kid in the former confederacy i gave no thought to the politics of the stone mountain half dollar abraham mosley is giving it considerable thought these days he is the long time pastor of the mount pleasant baptist church in athens georgia last month pastor mosley was appointed chairperson of the stone mountain memorial association bless his heart a week or so after his appointment politico published an article about the briar patch he has entered two weeks later he penned an opinion piece in the atlanta journal constitution can georgians re imagine and re purpose this memorial by an honest and complete telling of history warts and all as pastor mosley wrote if so they may show the rest of the country how to redeem a painful past and move us toward a redemptive future from kemp taps first black chairman of stone mountain memorial association by tyler estep and greg bleustein ajc april 21 2021 2 comments leadership may 26 2021 may 25 2021 respect yesterday s poke at the alabama legislature doesn t diminish my respect for that important body authoritarian abuses occur when there are no functioning democratic institutions we may deride scoff or laugh at those charged with governance but underneath we must have an essential abiding respect and gratitude for the principle of self governance the legalization of yoga yesterday s topic in alabama schools has happened because of jeremy gray a first term legislator who benefitted from yoga when he was a college football player he has demonstrated patience determination and an ability to work with a legislature dominated by the opposing party he has a mature practical attitude thirty years ago the current speaker of the house mac mccutcheon was a good friend a young cotton farmer church leader and volunteer police chaplain who became a peace officer he and i lost touch as happens in an itinerant life one day i saw that he was our new speaker of the house i didn t know or had forgotten that he was a member of the state legislature mac was elected in 2006 running unopposed in the general election and unopposed in 2010 2014 and 2018 speaker since 2016 he has done some clean up work with quiet dignity and i m not surprised that jeremy gray was able to get his yoga bill through the legislative labyrinth when governance moves past partisan posturing it should be honored and celebrated from united states civil rights trail alabama state capitol leave a comment civility humor interspiritual may 25 2021 may 24 2021 namaste my first awareness of the hindu greeting namaste came from joan napp 1936 2015 a strong christian my second encounter came from joe elmore b 1931 who was featured in yesterday s post they used it as a blessing as one might use the hebrew word shalom the hawaiian word aloha or perhaps roll tide trademarked or war eagle trademarked full disclosure i have used each of the above salutations though not to the best of my recollection on the campus of an alabama public school namaste returned to my consciousness when the alabama legislature recently overturned a law prohibiting yoga in public schools i view the reversal as a positive step though it required a few steps backward i subscribe to the bulwark a great resource for true conservatives on may 24 editor in chief charlie sykes published scenes from the culture war in his morning shot email which i recommend he drew from elliot hannon s may 21 slate article alabama lifts three decade old ban on yoga in public schools but there s a catch i m a fan of free speech and the first amendment though hate speech is a serious problem if the legislature wades into speech regulation namaste is not the first n word i would consider namaste y all from it s time to completely ban the n word in schools by tyrone c howard educationweek october 28 2019 leave a comment faith humor universe may 24 2021 may 23 2021 hands yesterday morning i received a graceword from my friend joe elmore it brought a smile to my face and i pass this on with confidence that it will do that for you too grace friends charlie brown s sister sally returns from sunday school to share what she learned do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing with the pencil in her right hand the dialogue goes lh what are you doing rh i ll do the writing you just hold the paper down lh i want to know what s going on rh left hands don t have to know anything just hold the paper lh if it weren t for me you wouldn t be able to write at all tell me what s going on sally goes to the den where charlie brown is watching tv he asks i thought you were doing your homework sally says i had to quit my hands hate each other sally fell prey to literalism rather than hearing what was a metaphor teaching her not to make a show of her good deeds when it comes to scripture and life literalism and legalism miss the heart of the message bottom line if the message doesn t call us to love one another we don t get the message blessings joe to receive joe s occasional graceword messages contact him at joesgraceword googlegroups com from how peanuts created a space for thinking by nicole rudick the new yorker august 6 2019 2 comments authoritarianism may 23 2021 may 22 2021 between two isms i grew up between two isms my parents generation defeated fascism i was born five years after the death of adolf hitler 1889 1945 so the painful memories of world war ii were fresh in my childhood i devoured ww2 movies tv shows and books one question haunted me how was germany duped before ww2 s dust settled the us became embroiled in a struggle with communism i was born during the korean war 1950 1953 and grew up hearing stories about the berlin airlift 1948 1949 and the establishment of a communist government in china 1949 as a frightened 11 year old i watched president kennedy s speech during the 1962 cuban missile crisis the american war in vietnam was a defining event for my generation i was an air force rotc cadet but the war wound down before i graduated with japan and an eventually unified germany embracing democracy my attention and us foreign policy was diverted from fascism to communism confident that the us would continue to reject right wing authoritarians like joseph mccarthy 1908 1957 and george wallace 1919 1998 as i ve written in earlier posts my seminary professor of ethics theodore weber said many years ago that fascism is the greater threat to industrialized societies as documented by anne applebaum and others in the last four years many troublesome events have reminded me of professor weber s observation the two most devastating were the unite the right rally in charlottesville august 2017 and the insurrection following the save america rally in washington january 2021 the two isms still threaten us and require vigilance particularly on our right flank i didn t expect to find the answer to my childhood question about germany in the america of my old age as millions are duped by a big lie from what is qanon what we know about the conspiracy theory group by brett forrest wall street journal february 4 2021 2 comments grace science may 22 2021 may 22 2021 grace and the ford lightning yesterday s post noted that i m not energized by efforts to control the behavior of bishops clergy and laity with more rules and committees during some quiet moments yesterday i asked what energizes me the answer is unconditional grace my october 16 2019 post referred to a long ago sermon by deep water baptist will campbell 1924 2013 entitled what has been done will said the christian message is that we have been put in right relationship with god through the cross the jesus story is that god loves everyone unconditionally and radical grace can be the basis of our living and all our relationships that energizes me this week ford rolled out the f 150 lightning an electric version of its popular truck borrowing a name from the 1999 2004 ford f 150 svt lightning created by ford s special vehicle team the new lightning is powered by an electric motor i watched and listened to its quiet efficiency when president biden took one for a spin for well over a century vehicles have been powered by internal combustion engines our daughter and son in law have put 300 000 miles on a toyota prius so the technology isn t new but it is improving rapidly the f 150 lightning is the latest example of quiet efficiency grace operates that way too grace is quietly and efficiently redeeming and empowering everything from 2022 ford f 150 lightning first look by alisa priddle photos by steven pham motor trend may 20 2021 3 comments posts navigation older posts search for recent posts from paul via don july 8 2026 meanwhile july 7 2026 the entire spectrum july 6 2026 a lesson in longevity july 5 2026 happy independence day july 4 2026 recent comments meerkatglitterybac0b on citizens united 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