Category: Politics
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Let’s Speak the Truth About Power
“Nothing frustrates me more than seeing powerful people who think they are weak bending the knee to weak people who think they are powerful.” – My Damn Self Dear Reader, If you are here, I am going to take the liberty to make a few assumptions about you: If none of these sound like you…
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Can We Just Agree on What the Issue is?
Two weeks before the election, I was blessed to participate in a Living Room Conversation with people from across the political spectrum to promote post-election peace. Wherever you are, I encourage you to take part in opportunities like this to help us fulfill the vision of a nation where liberty and justice for all is…
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Two Ideas One Mind: The Vices and Virtues of Cognitive Dissonance
I sometimes wonder if hypocrisy comes from a person’s inability to harmonize the seemingly divergent awarenesses that arise as a result of them experiencing cognitive dissonance. Take for example someone like the segregationist Senator, Strom Thurmond who, despite adamantly advocating against civil rights for Black Americans and pushed for state’s rights to impose segregation, was…
The Roofless Church 