Thousands and thousands of nonprofit organizations are spending today (August 17, 2018), distributing information about their organizations, raising money, sending out tweets and writing Facebook posts about what they do: helping the homeless, the hungry, the sick, the poor, the...
I am at the doctor’s office because my shoulder hurts. I rarely make these appointments because I know I’m going to be probed with the same tired questions that have nothing to do with my pain....
The Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston is walled off from the world of primary elections. Political candidates don’t give it a thought. Until this year, that is. A recent forum among all six of the candidates for Suffolk...
When Brandy and I became physically identifiable as members of an older generation, we started referring to ourselves as “the Aunties.” I’m not sure why that happened, but I do recall one pivotal moment. We were walking down a sidewalk...
It seems we love describing one another by talking about the nature of our hearts. We can be open-hearted, big-hearted, kind-hearted, hard-hearted, warm-hearted, good-hearted, cold-hearted, soft-hearted, whole-hearted, tender-hearted and probably a few more!...
“I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by...
Reverend Traci Blackmon (Executive Minister of Justice, UCC) tells a story about an historic, white Methodist church whose members decided to welcome people of African descent. This happened around 1850....
A very old parable, one that goes back to – oh, let’s say around 30 AD – talks about the foolish builder who built his house on sand. The rains poured down and washed his house away. “And mighty was...
On the streets of Nottingham, England, vending machines have been set up to help feed the homeless. The brainchild of a charity called Action Hunger, the system has had such positive results that New York City is planning to try...
Note: For me and for my readers, it is good to pause every so often to take a more personal, less intellectual and philosophical approach to equality. I call these “inside-out” exercises because they draw from deep inside our own...