“Everyone has the will to win. Not everyone has the will to prepare.” - Bobby Knight

I got some new art that was created by ghostlygideon! They are thoughtful pieces. The first is, “The Things We Never Said” and the second is “Strangers”.

I find them to be hauntingly beautiful. “The Things We Never Said” is a reminder for me to ensure that I don’t leave the important things unsaid. Life is fleeting, we are not promised tomorrow.

What I most appreciate about “Strangers”, is that it gives me the sense that even the figure that is not a shadow, is likely a shadow to the rest. It raises the question in me, “How do you draw the shadows into the light to make one less stranger?”

November golf in Michigan just hits different. What a life I get to live.

Resisting the temptation to hate, requires the courage to be kind.

This quote by Otis Moss Jr, a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr,

“Let it be forever remembered that all racism and hate lead to genocide, (Professor George Kelsey taught us this decades ago), past, present and future. In a society of hate no one is safe. The haters and the hated are in constant danger.

However, Love, Justice, Liberation, Transformation and Reconciliation must be our abiding commitment. This commitment must be kept alive and active from generation to generation.

Our prayer must forever remain: Dear God, make me too brave to hate and too courageous to be unkind.”

After Sundays, I would very much like to simply stay in bed all day. During the warm weather, my Monday morning golf with my dad breaks me out of the doldrums. When it’s cold? Well, it is going to have to be this place.

Gratitude is something that gets lost in the shuffle. It’s an experience beyond thankfulness.

Gratitude is like joy. I need to cultivate it in my soul.

Happiness is fleeting. Joy is sustaining. Thankfulness is fleeting. Gratitude is sustaining.

How do you cultivate gratitude in the depths of your being?

Finished reading: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚

This was another fun read in the Cosmere! I am excited to read the next in the series. It’s a welcome change of pace from the non-fiction that I am constantly reading.

This Tuesday, Tap Room Tuesday kicks off our new series on “Wealth, Work & Economic Justice” by tackling: “The Ethics of Capitalism.”

Let’s discuss: When does profit-seeking become unethical? What are the moral duties of businesses? Your insights are vital!

🗓️ Tuesdays, 8 PM 📍 The Tap Room

Currently reading: Dominion by Tom Holland 📚

I just finished the preface. Let me tell you, I think this book is going to be epic. I’ve heard a number of interviews with Holland (a self avowed atheist) and the premise of the text, that Christianity is more disruptive on the stage of world history than we realize is profound.

Today I get to host and help celebrate a successful completion of a grant that a local youth ministry was rewarded.

This team did real work and I believe have laid a wonderful foundation for years to come as a result.

One more test for @ozzy@agora.cafe

@wordle@olio.cafe

I’m running a little test for @ozzy@agora.cafe

Wordle fun? !wordle@olio.cafe

For those of you politically engaged, I would encourage you to post solutions to the problems that are continuing to emerge.

We need solutions and suggestions to move forward towards and to act in love.

There is so much we can do.

**Let’s share actions to take. Encourage and model the change you want to see. **

Finished reading: Slow Theology by A. J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta📚

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I highly recommend it!