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  • Free Speech and the Awareness of Context

    The primary ingredient in anything you express is context. In the video below, I offer an analogy to assist listeners in examining how their context shapes how their content is experienced. I deliberately did not use any real world examples because this awareness is universally applicable. Additionally, like any broadly applicable awareness, it can be…

  • Unum (One)

    If there was ever a moment to be in wonder about Oneness, it is now. How can we go from division to a unified vision?

  • George Floyd, Rene Girard’s “Founding Murder Theory” and The Point of No Return

    This is the post that I never wanted to write but knew that if I lived long enough, I would have to. In the person of George Floyd, it seems that the planet has received what Rene Girard would call its next “founding murder”. I first learned about this idea of the founding murder from…

  • Narrative Insight: How the Stories We Tell Shape the World We Experience

    Narrative Insight: How the Stories We Tell Shape the World We Experience

    Originally posted on The Roofless Church: We are moving from the information age into the age of the narrative. Look around you and it is easy to see that how you tell your story matters. Whether it is your personal story or the story of your organizations, all of your relationships–and the depth of them–are…

  • Dealing With Privilege and Playing the Cards You Were Dealt

    The subject of privilege is confusing. When some people hear it, it brings up all sorts of complex feelings. I have some personal feelings about how the term is used. But I don’t really get into it here. With this video I am making an attempt to bridge a chasm that many of us face…

  • Racism’s Last Day

    Other posts to make you scratch your head: The Threat of Equality When Rules Break the Law The Choice for Choice

  • New Me #BLM Cut – Pedro Silva (featuring the Voices of the Movement)

    Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: https://youtu.be/drvFenrzpQk New Me #BLM Cut – Pedro Silva (featuring the Voices of the Movement) They can’t kill me Holla if you feel me Who I am was never born So you never getting near me Here’s the Truth We don’t need your proof (approval) Mustard…

  • PTSS (Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome)

    Originally posted on The Roofless Church: Recently, I heard that another childhood acquaintance, who we called “Professor”, died from a gunshot wound.  When my mom told me, I felt this wave of feelings pass through me and for a brief moment I felt like I might be next.  It was a familiar feeling that I…

  • The American Addiction: Cheap Labor

    The American Addiction: Cheap Labor

    Originally posted on The Roofless Church: 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…

  • Being: Who You Really Are

    In this conversation, I talk with my friend Dr. Anita Sanchez about the realities of being who we really are and the power of relations. You can learn more about her work at https://foursacredgifts.com.