Month: June 2017

The light in the darkness of rage

The other side of all this rage I’m feeling now is a deep sense of sadness and fear for this country. I know there are millions who share this right now with me. It is such a “blockage” for letting creativity and confidence flow as it should. But this fear and sadness is also feeding a movement as we seek Continue Reading

The politics of Ecological Concern

Church folks who consider deep concerns about Ecological disaster unfolding as “Political” have fallen into a trap. They have relegated what is a scientifically verified and widely agreed upon (worldwide, not just in our political environment) consensus, to the realm of partisanship. But the only way one can do that is to accept the arguments of those who say this Continue Reading

No Is Not Enough: Lessons from the Financial Crisis and beyond

I am struck this morning, while reading Naomi Klein’s account of various uprisings in different countries being saddled with austerity/shock treatments, that our country may well have brought on the Trump phenomenon by basically missing the opportunity to self-correct ,or heed the voices crying out during the Occupy movement of 2011-2012. Five years down the road, when the camps are Continue Reading