Posts by pwsadmin
Two Sides of the Same Coin
In the usually quiet and bucolic state of Maine, controversy has been stirring over the Democratic senator hopeful, Graham Platner. While his supporters are hoping that the ideas he supports…
Read MoreDiversity Can Be Strange
I’m a pretty regular looking CIS gender guy, and I tend to dress on the boring side. I play guitar – I shave my head – and when I had…
Read MoreWhy We Speak Up
I read that, once more, the Supreme Court rejected yet another bid to reverse the right for all adults to marry the person they love. I have always had the…
Read MoreWith God on Our Side
By the time I started listening to popular music, the Flower Power era had passed, and Disco was raising its ugly head, working hard to make music simplistic enough for…
Read MoreA God of Peace or a God of War
I remember watching the movie “Heidi” as a child (I think it was the 1968 version), and there was a scene in it with Heidi coming across the town pastor…
Read MoreFighting For Justice Never Ends
I was listening to a program out of the Constitution Center in Philadelphia yesterday that had a panel of three retired judges talking about the courts. Their perspectives spanned a…
Read MoreVive La Différence
Many years ago, I was participating in a youth gathering and pointing out to the people there that the hymn “Amazing Grace” and the iconic rock song “Johnny Be Good”…
Read MoreIt Isn’t “Inappropriate”
This week I was told about a high school where seven coaches – 7! – are being investigate for what is being called “inappropriate relations” with students. The coaches –…
Read MoreLow Expectations
I was a child of and with low expectations. I wasn’t born that way – I was taught to be that way. I heard the messages early on, first from…
Read MoreWhen Satire Isn’t Funny
You may have seen the video traveling around the internet-verse of a white, male, 60-something pastor doing his regular “hip” video at a local cafe, attempting to reach the world…
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