Following Jesus in rejecting empire
There’s been a lot said about tribalism lately, mostly bad. I’m not a sports guy, but when I listen to sports fans, I see our tribalistic tendencies at work (by the way, you know the word “fan” is short for “fanatic: a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter.”) But…
While I have not read the book Strongmen, I have watched the rise of global leaders who could be described that way. Bombastic, egotistical, self-righteous, excessively confident (and almost always men). They are populist autocrats, and I find their rise to power proportionate to a rise in fear. This isn’t a new phenomenon, nor is…
Source: Google Photo I have written a couple unpublished novels of speculative, post-apocalyptic fiction. Here’s an excerpt, just for fun. Rosemary has always thought that Elder Stoltz’s face looks very like a mouse. Though she muster all powers of concentration, she cannot stop herself from seeing him in this way. His ears stick out nearly…
The only birthday that triggered something akin to a mid-life crisis was my 26th. It dawned on my that I could never utter the phrase, “I’m in my early twenties.” Some might argue that that would have been true on my 25th birthday, but there was something about turning twenty-six that tripped me up. The…
Imagine the end of patriarchy. As a white, heterosexual male in his fifties, I’m one of the most privileged people on the planet. The only way I could gain more status is by becoming 4 inches taller. Still, I find it important for me to picture a world without patriarchy. I realize I don’t understand…