In My Right Mind

“Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him. He lived in the tombs. No one was able to restrain him anymore– even with chains– […]

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Knowing Is A Long Apprenticeship

“The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is… that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has as always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil I recently completed the reading of Eugene Peterson’s A Long Obedience in […]

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Judging Prejudice

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.” ~ Kate Chopin, The Awakening “Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” ~ Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre […]

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Einstein On Race Prejudice

Q: Do you feel that race prejudice in the United States is merely a symptom of a world-wide conflict? A: Race prejudice has unfortunately become an American tradition which is uncritically handed down from one generation to the next. The only remedies are enlightenment and education.  This is a slow and painstaking process in which […]

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What’s the Problem?

It’s been called the Negro problem, the Indian problem, “The White Man’s Burden,” the problem of the color line and today, the immigration problem.  Since the problem has been assigned to seemingly all of America’s cultural groups, who or what exactly is the problem?  If America is the cultural “melting pot,” then is there one […]

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