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Thursday morning, I chose to join more than five hundred people who gathered here in Dallas for “Occupy Dallas.” This is the local incarnation of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that has been much in the news the past few weeks. More than 500 people gathered in Pike Park, and marched through downtown. I want […]
Read MoreFriends: Tomorrow morning, I plan to join those gathering in downtown Dallas for the “Occupy Dallas” event. This is a Dallas-version of the on-going protests in New York City. I recognize that these protests are not popular with everyone. I also realize that some believe protesting Wall Street is either counter-productive, or shows an ignorance to […]
Read MoreDear Neo-Cons, No, you don’t get to claim credit for the “Arab Spring.” That makes as much sense as, each year, claiming credit for the actual Spring. However, if you’re in the mood for a game of “count the credits,” you still have plenty left from your so-called “Doctrine of Pre-Emptive War.” And you wracked […]
Read MoreWhat follows is a text version of my sermon on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th. (also an audio version) It’s now several years later, but this still sums up nicely my feelings on every new September 11th. Hope it’s helpful to you…EF Ten years ago this morning, on the Sunday following September 11th, […]
Read More“…How many are there in this Christian country that toil, and labor, and sweat, and have it not at last, but struggle with weariness and hunger together? Is it not worse for one, after a hard days labor, to come back to a poor, cold, dirty, uncomfortable lodging, and to find there not even the […]
Read MoreI was honored to deliver the prayer below, to open the final Saturday of the 82nd Legislative session of the Texas House of Representatives. Below you will find the printed text, and a video version that’s been posted to YouTube.Many thanks to my dear friend, Representative Rafael Anchia, for the invitation, and the opportunity to […]
Read MoreWhat follows is a text version of Sunday’s sermon. You can hear it here. Apologies for the stuffed up nose…) I try to pay attention to morning “ear worms.” I find that they are almost always some kind of message I should be paying attention to. This week, on two separate mornings, the “ear worm” […]
Read MoreI’m not sure how to write this entry without sounding overly proud. I get that perhaps nobody outside a candidate and her family can understand this “Daily Gratitude.” But it’s one that rings true inside our house today. Dennise was uncontested in the Democratic Primary election yesterday. She got 100 percent of the votes cast. […]
Read MoreToday is election day. If you have yet to vote here in Texas, I certainly hope you will. Yes, it’s “just” a primary election. But *all* elections are important. And the reality of primaries are that, with turnout *far* less than in general elections, your own influence is arguably far greater. I wrote this a […]
Read MoreI have read very little about Joseph Stack, the man who, yesterday, flew a plane into an IRS Building in Austin. So, I don’t know a lot about the particulars of his life. I don’t have to. Even without reading one more word about him, or about what Liberal or Conservative bloggers are saying about […]
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