Catching the “Bad Guy” This week’s blogs have been about the dangers of labeling people (including ourselves) as either ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Here’s my grandson playing the ‘catching-the-bad-guy’ game we all loved as kids. Yes, that’s Ed buried under the mountain of pillows. Why…
In this week’s blogs, I described the extraordinary lives of John R. Lewis, and my father John R. Schmidt. I offered my thoughts about what I must do for my life to become more extraordinary. As is often the case in my Friday “Brief-Blogs,”…
John R. Lewis 1940–2020 John Lewis was a politician and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 from pancreatic cancer. Lewis was one of the “Big Six” leaders who organized the 1963…
Two of My Favorite Boys Fighting for justice for the oppressed today makes this a better world for all of us tomorrow – particularly for the upcoming generations.
In my last blog post, I shared my belief in the importance of vulnerably and honestly acknowledging the wrongs of the past in order to move toward healing. I call it the “awakening” step, a prerequisite for the healing process. A number of my…
My ten-year-old Grandson This week’s blogs were about unearned privilege. Here’s a major unearned privilege in my life. He turned 10 this week!