I was sitting at Waffle House, looking at my email while eating my breakfast, when The Huffington Post announced that Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul herself, had passed away. We all knew it was coming. She had been in Hospice care for a few days and the internet gossip … [Read more...]
Being willing
I have been in Jackson since the end of June. During that time, I have been in at least 30 or 35 meetings. If it was an open meeting, I showed up. As such, I have sat in meetings of the school board, various neighborhood associations, people's assemblies, businessmen's network … [Read more...]
What I am doing in Jackson
As of this evening, Renee and I have been in Jackson MS for 35 days. We are living in a tiny, temporary apartment downtown just a block or so from the capitol building, where us and three cats are trying to make the best of it while we wait for our house in Raleigh to close so we … [Read more...]
Power
Open Door Mennonite Church July 29, 2018 2 Samuel 11:1-17 (NRSV) In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. It … [Read more...]
Empathy
Being new in town, I am still discovering the good coffee shops. I have learned over the years that not everyone values the same things I do in a coffee shop, and so you can't just take anyone's word for it - you have to investigate for yourself. So when I walked into the … [Read more...]
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