Author: Higher Up IDEALS
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The American Addiction: Cheap Labor
I have had a lot of jobs in my life. My first gig was as a paperboy which entailed getting up before the crack of dawn going from house to house delivering papers to many people who would take the paper and then do everything they could to avoid paying me for it. My cut…
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Rise and Shine: Dispel the Darkness By Being the Light
On November 15, 2016, a week after the election of DJT, two friends and I facilitated a mindfulness meditation on dismantling racism that we called, “Peeking Through the Blinds”. Kara Dansky, of One Thousand Arms led us through the meditations and Brian Rocheleau (aka Rosh), of The Blind Cafe, provided the music. I set up…
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Can You Be Racist In the Dark?
Who is a racist? In the wake of the election results, there are a lot of people who feel fear that our country has gone backwards and that somehow racism had receded and now, because of one man, it has reemerged. I understand why, but as I see it, what is happening is that we…
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In It, Not Of It
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: In It, But Not Of It Every once in a while I get this feeling that comes over me where I feel like I just want to quit trying to live my ideal. I start thinking about how much love is in my heart and how difficult it has been…
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Evil Is Laziness
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: Smile for the Propaganda In writing this post, I am making the assumption that most of you who visit this blog have made the choice to deliberately investigate your life and are open to going as deep as possible to know yourself. I will also assume that you believe that it is possible…
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Enjoyment vs. Fun
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: A lot of times before I write, I start developing ideas about what I want to say. But when it comes down to the actual writing I just have to see what comes out. You see, I believe there is a difference between creating and making stuff. In my…
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Doomed to Significance
What follows is a message I delivered at Second Baptist Church of Boulder on October 30, 2016 for their youth Sunday. The premise of the message is that whatever we do or don’t do has an impact on the world. The message was inspired by the Sermon on the Mount and a conversation I had…
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Bending Racism With Your Mind
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: Can you imagine a world without racism? What would that world look like? What would you give to make that world possible? Better yet, what would you give up to make that world possible? In Together Colorado and other justice seeking organizations, there are people who put in a…
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That The Seeing May Be Made Blind
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: https://youtu.be/v1UgPk8RaGc As I said in the video above, on Nov 15, 2016 I will be co-facilitating an experience with Kara Dansky of 1,000 Arms and Brian Rocheleau of The Blind Cafe where we will invite people to have an encounter with themselves with regard to issues of race. The…
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Valuing Leaders Who Value You
With all of the talk about “American Greatness”, I was reminded of a great example of people choosing leadership that reflected their values. I think that if we learned how to value ourselves, leadership who valued us would naturally emerge from among us. Check out this example and let me know what you think. In…
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