Our favorite TV shows are going through their Fall/Winter finales. However I won’t be following along with my blog here. Nope, I will not be taking a break from my blog during the holidays. My friends I will be right here sharing what’s on my heart and in my head. Read at your own risk. I would appreciate a boost in the ratings though.
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A Thought For The Day
The terror within should concern us more than the terror in distant places. Be safe today good people.
Snoopy, The Writer
When you talk about great writers you have to put Snoopy into the mix. His stories of action and adventure are well chronicled on the comic strip as well as TV specials. His stories of tangling with The Red Baron in World War I are that of legend. It’s cool when you see him up on his dog house with his blue manual typewriter clicking away at some important work. I feel he would make an awesome blogger too. Snoopy has a lot to write about and perhaps we can take a page from his book.
A Ramble About Politically Correct
I don’t have a problem with politically correct speech or behavior. For too long people had been given license to demean others. At some point it became a socially unacceptable to say what was in your mind without being challenged on it. I think we need to be sensitive and polite to everyone and to accept things have changed. So being politically correct is more about making people think about how they relate with others and how people are treated.
AdventWord Social Media Photo Initiative
For Advent I am doing a social media photo initiative called AdventWord.
It’s organized the Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) and the Anglican Communion Office is underway, with Anglicans around the world posting images on Twitter and Instagram in response to themes suggested by the Society.
For more information check out The Anglican Communion News Service and find our how you can be a part of it or go directly to AdventWord.org to sign up.
Black or White…Not Many Shades of Gray
There are times when I am a black or white sort of guy, and there aren’t many shades of gray. It’s one thing, or another. Sometimes I am about what’s on the extremes, instead of the middle. That bothers me because I sometimes come across as a jerk who isn’t very open minded. We live in a world where there is lots of moderation and a middle way sort of thing. My Episcopal faith teaches the Via Media which about the middle way or perhaps a 3rd option.
I need to perhaps embrace that more. Lots of people live in the gray, because it is what helps them get through life without being lonely because they are more concerned with people more than positions or politics or anything like that. Sometimes I need to be called out for not thinking about others and their viewpoints. My friends I want to be the person who thinks about the road others have taken to get where they are and perhaps learn something myself about their struggles.
Now is the time to embrace the notion that we are all different, unique and talented in our own ways and there are people who are many shades of gray.
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