Nationalism
There is this belief that everyone should be like us. It makes Nationalists comfortable, and everyone else fears for everything....
In various places throughout this blog, I describe me. But even then, I am more than that and often times less. I am a wanderer. Exploring gives me joy. I cook, and that is the reason for the entries that appear as both recipes and restaurant reviews. Knowledge and the ability to take that knowledge and build wisdom and insight makes me want to hop, skip and shout. I counsel, as a pastor, a spiritual director, and as the fool that is willing to live in dialogue. It is that foolishness informs this blog, my musing about faith, religion, and, life.
There is this belief that everyone should be like us. It makes Nationalists comfortable, and everyone else fears for everything....
There have been 332 mass shootings in the USA alone this year. Twelve thousand eight hundred four suicides by guns,...
It started with waving palms and declarations of a new ruler. The week was anticipating a busy end, with Passover...
Three weeks past, I felt like all I was doing was a failure when I saw a bit of graffiti...
It is the first night of Christmas. Last evening the tree was bright with color, and yet this night, all...
When my Grandfathers and Grandmother came to the states, one of their proudest moments was when they could vote. To...
Why does the United States have the most people in prison in the world? As a nation that prides itself...
There is something about the past. That time that is seemingly lost and forgotten. Think about the ancient cloisters that...
A high school classmate reminded me today that this time of COVID – 19 has been hard on many of...
In the last two weeks, the United States Supreme Court ruled that being gay or transgender is not grounds for...
© 2026 · Don Lemke.