The Pause I Don’t Like

ABCNJ has drowning in event planning for months, and it’s been my sole focus as a member of the team. Now that everything is ready, I have to wait a few days until we get to unveil what we’ve made. I don’t like the waiting.

After the Storm

Tonight I want to share this image of tonight’s for my neighbors in the Carolinas. The storm will pass. Some pieces won’t be able to be put back together after the skies clear – but life and beauty will present themselves once more. Stay hopeful.

Cultural Memory Loss

The loss of cultural memory is something I find myself musing upon, a lot. I’ve written two novels, and published one, and the loss of cultural identity plays a role in both stories.

Those Who Fail To Learn From History…

I’m continuing to read Baptist, Jews, and the Holocaust and am discovering too many quotes from the early Nazi period which have echoes of how I hear religious folk defending Donald Trump in 2018. THE CENTENARY OF the German Baptists synchronizes with the re-birth of the German nation as a people. God the Lord has…

Why There Is Kneeling

With the arrival of the NFL season once again, Nike basing their new “Just Do It” ad on Colin Kaepernick, and yet another tweet designed to anger President Trump’s base, I’ve been seeing people post statements to the effect of, “I just don’t understand why they kneel and disrespect the anthem, the flag, and the troops like that.”

Nickel And Dimed Out Of Tech

It used to be there was a high bar of entry if you wanted to buy in to professional tools. You purchased the software, and used it until you really needed to upgrade, for which you still paid a premium price. Now the initial bar of entry is low, but the cost of staying in is huge.