Stop Letting Other People Tell You Who to Hate
This habit of reflexive hate is not healthy. It never has been. Not for individuals. Not for families. Not for communities. And certainly not for a country that depends on its citizens having some measure of clarity and resilience.
3 days ago4 min read
:GHOST
Down the trench, past the dying and the dead, until there was nowhere left to run. With enemy troops surging ahead, he clawed his way up and over the wall...
Nov 107 min read
Faith, Family, Community, Country - In That Order
In the end, when we look back, the measure of a life well-lived won’t be fame or fortune, but the relationships we’ve built and the peace we’ve made within ourselves. It will be the sound of our children’s laughter, the prayers whispered in times of doubt, the neighbors who called us friends, and the country we quietly served by living honorably within it.
Nov 84 min read
Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy
Because this mindset, this addiction to oversimplification, labeling, and outrage, comes from one central, ugly truth: we’ve become lazy thinkers. We’ve traded curiosity for comfort. Critical thought for conformity. Listening for shouting. Real thinking requires risk. It requires humility. It requires courage and the guts to say, “Maybe I don’t know everything.” But most won’t say that. It’s easier to chant slogans, carry signs and hide within the group think.
Nov 77 min read
The Camp
His face was smeared with blood, matted in his beard and hair, running from his eyes, nose, and mouth. His skin was pale and clammy. His pupils were blown wide, rimmed in a raw, wet red. His jaw clenched and unhinged like something trying to remember how to be human.
Nov 715 min read
Thought Projects: An Investigation Into My Own Philosophy
A Thought Project begins with a question: Why do I believe this? What if I’m wrong? What if the opposite were true? It’s less about arriving at an answer than learning to listen to my own reasoning. In that way, each project becomes a kind of map — not of certainty, but of awareness.
Nov 72 min read
E Pluribus Unum: Reflections on Unity and the Fragility of our Nation
Some years ago Bob Dylan wrote that, “We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view”. That was from the lyrics of Tangled up in Blue, one of my favorite Dylan tunes.
“ And every one of them words rang true..” at least to me. And I feel that is the current state of politics in our country. We all feel the same, at least most of us. We all want the best for our country and our fellow citizens, but we see the path to that successful outcome from v
Nov 74 min read
