Race. Labor. Civil War. Apple. Corporate responsibility, art, and Christ. The present moment, Sabbath, friendship, taking on the world. Somewhere in China, men, women, boys, and girls, each having singular, personal names just like we do, sacred mysteries all (see yesterday's post), will go to work today, and the only thing keeping them from flinging …
Hunting for Books: Lead Me To A Good One
There were hundreds of books, and as always, the stakes were high. But you can't think about it that way. Who wants to remember that every single time you read a book, you--and the world--change? Choosing a book is like choosing anything these days. There are uncountable choices, and we are given that crazy …
Differences, INFPs, and Making Room
One of the strange things about the constant swirl of advice our consumer culture (and I include preaching as part of that because "consumer culture" refers to the mindset of the audience) is that it almost always sounds as if it's meant for everyone. And from inside our own heads, that seems sort of right, …
Wordle on Love and Marriage
I decided to do a Wordle of yesterday's blog post on my 30 years of marriage. If you just look at it and make random sentences, you still get the idea. My only beef is the word "really" is way too big, which means I used it way too many times. I really have to …
Still in the Wake of The Civil War
Here's an interesting question: what types of ceremonies, rituals, and celebrations are appropriate for remembering the war officially known as "The War Between The States"? (So said Congress in 1948, one reenactor pointed out to me last weekend.) Actually, Wikipedia refutes my friend the reenactor, saying Congress never officially legislated a name for the war. …
JEFF BERRYMAN 