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Sometimes They Do Equal 5
I do think that sometimes 1+1=5. That doesn’t make me crazy. It means that we ought to account for our own blind spots. To help me explain, I’ve recruited my own daughter. As you can see, she has written an interesting equation on the white board. She is so proud of it, she wrote it…
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Occupy Government
First Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” With such a…
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Politics in the Park
In a city park, over the weekend, this conversation probably occurred: Geoffery: Did you read that Paul Krugman post? The one about hypocrisy? Dillon: No! What did that old miser have to say? Geoffery: He noticed that we seem to have different feelings about our leaders’ indiscretions depending on their political party. Dillon: Can’t be. …
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How about we occupy the church?
Of course the teens should occupy the church; but not just teens. Us! We should occupy the church! We should demand a better church! We should lay claim to our leadership of an institution that today only benefits some! Brian Kirk asks in a column for Patheos: “Should we help teens occupy the church?” which…
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Bp. Robinson on Occupy Wall Street
I’m a little late in posting this, but I am happy to see other Episcopalians talking about this in an honest and direct way.
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Halloween Pictures
Just so you don’t think I’m a party pooper, here’s my family out Monday night! They really do up Halloween here! That’s why we do this! Am I right? For a few more pictures, check out my Tumblr page, Stay-at-Home Drew and join me on Flickr!
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7 Billion reasons to stop being selfish
Welcome to the world number 7,000,000,000! Now wait a second… oh! 7,000,000,001! Wait a few more seconds…There’s 7,000,002! Congratulations new babies, families, and all! This happy and joyous occasion! We can ignore the suffering for a little while, anyway! There are a few things that surprise me when they don’t hit people in the gut.…