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Being HumanThe Christian Journey

[I’ve only done this once before, but below what you will find is not my own work, but the shared insights from a woman named Kayla Iuliano. She shared her insights at a Catholic blog my wife reads. You can find the original HERE, but a bonus at the end

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Being HumanThe Christian Journey

This is important. What is God’s most common and consistent command and word of guidance for human beings?  Is it to love God or love people?  No.  God says those two are the most important, but the message God tries to get through to us most frequently is, “Do not

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Being HumanThe Christian Journey

I’m going to say something about me, but hold on; I am really saying something about you – about all of us – and the goodness of living with God. I love writing.  It isn’t always easy, but I love it.  It helps me think and helps me discern what

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Being HumanLiving Local

This is a story about the kind of relationships I want with and for all people. [Today I am finishing up a writing series about race and current events I started at the beginning of July 2020 (see “Black Power & Little Micah,” “Measuring The Problem,” “Profiled,” and “The Cost

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Being HumanLiving Local

Slavery is not the path to success, and once we see that, our history reveals an important lesson for us all. [It is the last week of July 2020.  At the beginning of the month I started writing about race and current events (see “Black Power & Little Micah,” “Measuring

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Being HumanLiving Local

Black people in America deal with more negative racial profiling than any other group of people. [It is the third week of July 2020.  At the beginning of the month I started writing about race and current events (see “Black Power & Little Micah” and “Measuring The Problem”) with the

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Being HumanLiving LocalUncategorized

I am blessed with having some wonderful nerds in my life.  They love numbers and working with numbers to help them understand and explain the world. [It is the second week of July 2020.  Last week (see “Black Power & Little Micah“) I started writing about race and current events

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Being HumanLiving LocalUncategorized

I was stunned when I first heard it some years ago, but in a number of variations, I hear it far more frequently these days – “Black people don’t have power.” It is typically well-intentioned white people that say things like this, but I find it blatantly inaccurate, demeaning, disrespectful,

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Being HumanLiving Local

[This letter has been stripped of its personal identifiers and shared in hopes that it might be of benefit to someone else.] To my young black friend, I know we’ve had a lot of good conversations over the years, but there are some things I wanted to write down for

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Being Human

As I raise my kids, it is important to me to point them towards what is right instead of holding myself up as being what is right.  I try to be a good example for them for sure, but when I’m not, when I miss the mark, it is important

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