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Questions

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

I like questions. I find myself asking more and more of them. My most enjoyable questions are those directed at me – taking a second look at things I thought I’d “known” for a long time. In that process, I’m working hard to abate my natural tendency to rush in with an answer, and just […]

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Thank you for the dream, Dr. King

Monday, January 21st, 2008

From a speech to the SCLC, Aug. 1967 – the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. I want to say to you as I move to my conclusion, as we talk about “Where do we go from here?” that we must honestly face the fact that the movement must address itself to the question of […]

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Mandatory Viewing

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

I had the opportunity last night to watch three amazing short films on the impact that climate change has on the lives and work of three families, from Indonesia, Niger, and Peru. (produced by these folks: http://www.ddcmadagascar.com/index.php The videos I saw aren’t on-line yet, but there’s similar stuff to check out).Anyway, thinking about a huge […]

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1-2-3-4 Dance

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

So I get into the car after a meeting and the clock says “12:34”, and I become acutely aware of how much I miss my girls (all three are in school now during the day). They have this delightful practice of, whenever anyone realizes that it has turned “12:34”, doing the “1-2-3-4 Dance”. It consists […]

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