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I am on my way out of town for an annual contemplative prayer retreat. A week without facebook, twitter, and klout ratings, without homestead responsibilities, and one of me showing up to God. It is a week I have come to thirst for in the past six years. And I always leave the blog with a little note saying, you’ll be fine without me. I am saying that to myself
Spring is here. I was doubtful for a bit with late rainstorms and typical gray mornings, but the mockingjays mockingbirds are sunning every morning reminding me their slumber is over. A few curious things have happened in the past couple weeks. 1. I finished my first school year as a faculty member. This leads to 2. I am fully entrenched in working and researching for the next book. Which means
Two leaders died this week, both with incredibly different legacies. One nuclear; one Velvet. My context of both is drastically different: My picture, driven by the media, of Kim Jong Il is a crazed, power-hungry, slightly insane man. My picture of Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, is a man of integrity, humor, creativity and passion. This version was shaped by his friend, a fighter pilot from WW2,
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