Love is a power… not a force. In fact, love is the greatest power there is. Although we can’t touch it, everyone knows when it is present, and mourns when it is thought to be missing. Love is greater than any force, and it is available to all. Love can change the worst of situations into the best. That includes…
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Thoughts on War: As the Wheel of Grief Turns
This past week, 60 Minutes broadcast a story on the massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha by four Marines led by 25 year old Staff Sargeant Frank Wuterich. Wuterich was charged with unpremeditated murder (killing without military justification), which will be decided by a military jury. If anyone should have been in the seat, answering questions of…
Read MoreWar as Yesterday's Way: Not Today's
Beingness and this Problem With Iraq Do you think my inquiry into, and discussion about “who we are” is an intellectual exercise? Think again. Every action we take revolves around our self-understanding, or lack thereof. Our willingness to express the wisdom of our own conscience, or simply blend with the ideological herd that is public opinion, indicates the extent to which we will…
Read MoreThoughts on Peace: Spreading the Virus
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Wo/Men What a thought. What an idea. Impossible, you think? I think not. Question is, what would Peace on Earth look like? Here’s what it would look like to me. It begins within myself, the only place where I have a modicum of “control.” We might conceive of Peace on Earth in terms of…
Read MoreThoughts on War and Peace, Pt. II
All Sides as God’s Side, All Lands as God’s Lands NOVEMBER 27, 2006 — Since 9/11/2001, overt displays of patriotism have been the rage. Rage was “in.”The lust for a war we thought we could can “win” has the airwaves. Everywhere you went the American flags caught your eye; on flagpoles, draped on buildings large and small. That was then,…
Read MoreBeyond the ‘War Option’: Seeing a Better Opportunity
I originally wrote this essay August 18, 2002, seven months before we invaded Iraq. Let’s see how the ideas now work with benefit of hindsight. Bush’s Dilemma in “Gunning Down” Saddam Our dear president is “champing at the bit” to unilaterally send US forces into Iraq and overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime. My simple question is, “Why?” Haven’t we gone…
Read MoreIs God a "Religious 'Guy'"?
One Man’s Answers to That and Other Questions For two days, the following thought has rattled around in my mind, but I did nothing about it. Oftentimes when that happens, the thought will prove to be fleeting, and it’s hard to recapture the essence of the inspired moment that it first appeared. Not with this one. So today upon awakening,…
Read MoreOn Being Great, but Not Feeling ‘Good’
300 Million and Questioning Our Strength The occasion of America’s population odometer tripping over the 300 million mark should be a cause for celebration and rejoicing, but instead for many, it is a time of great caution and pause. We are a great nation whose people are not sure of their greatness; many of whom don’t feel great at all.…
Read MoreTerrorism Won't Be Ended by Terrorizing: Diffusing a Political and Social Bomb
I am convinced that president Bush sincerely believes his strategy for fighting terrorism is the right course. However, that doesn’t make it the best one. History is full of people who succumbed to the seduction of being “right,” but ignored what was best. Our “war on terrorism” is the current, and relevant, case in point. Terrorism should not be “fought.”…
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