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Below is an article which I found quite interesting please read, and see my thoughts after the article:
Isaac Hayes Quits ‘South Park’ Over ‘Bigotry’
Outspoken Scientologist Upset With Show’s Depiction of Religion
By ERIN CARLSON, AP
NEW YORK (March 13) - Isaac Hayes has quit “South Park,” where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its […]
Yesterday we received 10 inches of fresh March snow here in Minneapolis. I had the pleasure or misfortune depending on how you look at it of flying in during the mini-blizzard we had. I fly a lot. I hardly ever notice when I am taking off or landing, but yesterday I was […]
Once again I am taking the red-eye flight back from a destination and arriving in Minneapolis at 6:30 am - that is if and when we land - last I checked Minneapolis is going to be getting about 6 - 10 inches of snow. I saw the pilot for my flight going through security […]
Leadership
Throughout my life I have had many different opinions and thoughts about what leadership was, or was not – what a leader was, or was not. I have read lots of books on leadership, study of historical leaders, study of leaders of organizations and on and on. During the past three years […]
I have started on a new quest. Thanks in part to my brain being spurred on by non-intelligent rants, I want to know what I can do differently in my life and on this blog to help find the “Radical Middle.” The extremes get all the press but work and life happens for […]
Today marks my wonderful wife’s 30th birthday. I met Danielle Elise in May 2001 when she was 25 years old. I was immediately captured by her charm and beauty, but as I got to know her was completely won over by her intelligence. She deeply cares about people and is a constant […]
As many of you know - I travel quite a bit, work with many different kinds of groups - interact with people from different religions, faiths, cultures, etc. There is something that fires me up more than other things - extremes. Extreme, “I am right, you are wrong” thinking. None of us […]
For the past six years I have been going to school in pursuit of my Masters in Theological Studies at Bethel Seminary. There are many things I have learned, but they have more to do with people than they do with Theology. Believe me I have learned plenty about thelogy - enough to […]
Have you ever met someone where they always blame the system they are in, or the people that are around them? Throughout life they go along always blaming everyone else - and the common denominator in their lives - is them. When I work with people and live in community with people and I hear […]
I have to make a public confession - I look for strange things when I am online. From time to time I am going to reveal what they are today being: Sunrise and Sunset times around the world. What? I want to know how much daylight I will have whenever or wherever I am. I […]