Family
The Youth Aren’t to Blame!
This article on the NYT is getting loads of press in certain Facebook circles. Though the author uses scholastic reflections on a study of young people to make his point, he missed the case that Smith et al are really making: adults need to take responsibility for creating contexts for healthy decision-making by young people. [...]
Lynn Hopkins: Choosing Sides
Here is another post by guest blogger Lynn Hopkins. Enjoy! The Unitarian Universalist Association has a program about standing up in the struggle for justice, for the inherent worth and dignity of all persons, called “Standing on the Side of Love.” Though I am aligned with its aims, I struggle with the title. Joshua’s recent [...]
Guest Blogger: Lynn Hopkins on the Death Penalty
Homicide, other duties as assigned On November 10th, a small group of men entered the dwelling place of a man in Virginia, bound him, transported him to another location, and killed him. It was intentional and premeditated, planned in detail. No one claims that the homicide was self-defense or that this man posed any imminent [...]
The Church and Domestic Abuse
Here is a link to an interesting article by Internet Monk. Very interesting. Send to Facebook
Happy New Year!
Just a quick post to thank all of you who have read and subcribed to this blog over the last few years. Over the course of its short life, you’ve taken quite a few journeys with me around the globe and for this I’m very very thankful! 2009 promises to be a very interesting and [...]
An End of Summer Detox- Day One
Over the last several months Laura and I have had our fair share of stress, transitions, and new beginnings. It continues to be quite a trip! Yeah, yeah, we’ve managed things, and have even managed to have some time off and away with family. You may remember blogs from the last few months about our [...]
Why I Love Beginners!!
There are a few reasons why I love to deep sea fish when there are people who never have on the boat: 1. There is always the option for sea sickness (this year however, both my brothers got sick;)); 2. There is always the opportunity for really silly questions to be asked (for instance: if [...]
Living with the Browns and transitioning stories
Laura and I have been and will continue to live the Browns off and on over the next couple of months. While we have already found an apartment, we’ve yet to furnish it. So, the ever so gracious Josh, Anna, Jack, and Bubba (aka Little Bit Brown) are letting us share living space with them. [...]
Apple=Community Part 2
So a few weeks back I posted a video about Apple culture. Well now, even more of what we-who-love Apple suspected is proving true according to Josh Brown. Josh recently posted this blog about Apple culture in which he described the sense of relief with retail-that-works-for-good and a memorial service (of sorts) for one of [...]
A Beautiful Day
Today was a good, no, a beautiful day. First, we attended Holy Trinity Church Geneva where there was a baptism service. The children were so cute and none of them budged during the service. Furthermore, Micheal French did a great job of describing the purpose and place of rituals and symbols and in our world [...]
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