by Greg | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
It is what I do when my lesser nature – my Ego, my fragile, undifferentiated Self – decides to take control. I “other” others. The recent violence in a LGBTQ nightclub, followed three days later with more violence in a Walmart, is happening to others, at least that is...
by Greg | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Annie is pit-boxer-something-or-another mix, and we have a date every evening that includes a walk in our neighborhood. As we often do on these evening strolls, we nosed into the woods along the edge of the neighborhood. I unclipped her leash so she could have more...
by Greg | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
It started out, like all oak trees, as a simple acorn. Not all acorns become mighty trees, but this one did. It was celebrated – the acorn – in 1997 as symbolic of the birth of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. The year before, McAfee opened its doors to...
by Greg | May 31, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
To be remembered holds power and goodness. It can be as simple as being called by name when you were certain “they won’t remember me.” To be remembered is to celebrate worth, value, and life is not wasted. Memorial Day, and the weekend that surrounds it, is largely a...
by Greg | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Yesterday morning I woke up to the news that one senatorial race in my state was called and the other was soon to be settled with a declared winner. After the deluge of political flyers, mailers, text messages and phone calls, it was important for me to offer a simple...
by Greg | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
On Election Day this year, I heard an excellent sermon by a recent graduate of Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology – the Rev. Kristen Pope. Looking intently into the computer monitor framed by other Zoom participants, Kristen confessed that when she accepted...
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