All of life and life's circumstances are miraculous. We should not be surprised when life works out in an amazing way. Everything about life is amazing. We are so immersed in life that we cannot see how miraculous it is. We think all things are ordinary or random because we see them as ordinary or … Continue reading Everything is miraculous.
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Thoughts After Seeing “The Hiding Place”
Recently we attended a performance of “The Hiding Place”, a play about a Dutch family who hides Jews escaping from the Nazis. As we left the play, my wife said, “Sobering”. That was more than I could say at the time, very sobering indeed. In general, I do not like movies or plays about the … Continue reading Thoughts After Seeing “The Hiding Place”
AARP vs AMAC
A couple of months ago, we decided to drop out of AARP and join a lesser-known group called AMAC (Association of Mature American Citizens). Although AARP has some nice discounts and benefits, and says that it is non-partisan group that does not contribute to political candidates, we felt uncomfortable with AARP. A play helped us … Continue reading AARP vs AMAC
1.4 Left Versus Right: The Civil War
Why the American Civil War was fought is not a mystery. The Civil War was another bloody chapter in the ongoing conflict between the Left and the Right. People who were loyal to the Confederacy thought that their logic, perceptions, and experiences enabled them to judge what was best: “Reason, common sense, true humanity … Continue reading 1.4 Left Versus Right: The Civil War
1.1 Right & Left
There is nothing conservative about taking a course of action based on faith that things will somehow work out if we do the right things, and there is nothing liberal or progressive about having kings or government grant us rights and take care of us. “Good people know about both good and evil: bad people … Continue reading 1.1 Right & Left
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