Category: Wisdom
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I received a shocking Father’s Day present today, and it carries a lesson for all of us about authority. It came in the form of a phone call informing me that my 18-year-old daughter had been abandoned at the Toledo train station after midnight by her boss, Pastor Joe Ottinger, Director of Camp Mohaven and…
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Juneteenth is often described as a celebration of freedom. It is. But it is also a reminder that freedom, opportunity, and recognition arrive later than they should. When enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation had already been signed more than two years earlier. Freedom had been…
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A news story stopped me in my tracks this week. Following a UFC event held on White House grounds, fighter Josh Hokit used his post-fight remarks to repeat a false and offensive claim about former First Lady Michelle Obama. He stated, “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?” The comment generated…
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When the FIFA World Cup ends, everyone knows who won. In American life, everyone claims they are winning. Politicians are winning. Companies are winning. Universities are winning. Social media influencers are winning. The question is whether we still agree on what winning actually means. More importantly, who gets to decide? For most of human history,…
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For thousands of years, humanity has stared into the night sky searching for answers. Ancient civilizations believed knowledge descended from the heavens. Prophets warned that signs in the sky could deceive entire nations. Presidents promised disclosure and then fell silent. Military pilots reported encounters they could not explain. Congress opened hearings. Religious leaders offered interpretations.…
Cloaking Inequity 
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