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Leaping Forward Together

2/29/2020

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Does your heart
leap
when you see a
rainbow?

YES!

Does your heart
leap
when you see a
sunrise?

ALWAYS!

Does your heart 
leap 
when you see a 
baby?

OF COURSE!


Does your heart
leap
when you see
someone with a
different
political viewpoint
? 

WHAT?!?!?!

Our stomachs
might lurch,
our brows
might furrow,
but our hearts
probably
aren't leaping.

Why not?

Let's change that!

This Leap Year,
let's try to find the
joy and wonder
in discussion.

Let's try to approach
one another
with the
awe and reverence
we usually
reserve for rainbows.

Let's challenge
ourselves
to find delight
in finding
common ground.

We have an
extra day
this year to
​make it happen...


Let's LEAP forward together!

Happy Leap Day!
​
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Presidential Wisdom

2/19/2020

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In honor of Presidents' Day,
here is a bit of
presidential wisdom
from the past
to inspire us
to find
common ground
in the future...

"Too often...we enjoy the comfort of opinion
without the discomfort of thought."

-John F. Kennedy

"In religious and in secular affairs,
​the more fervent beliefs attract followers.
If you are a moderate in any respect -
if you're a moderate on abortion,
if you're a moderate on gun control,
or if you're a moderate in your religious faith -
it doesn't evolve into a crusade
where you're either
right or wrong,
good or bad,
with us or against us." 

-Jimmy Carter

"The middle of the road
is all of the usable surface.
The extremes,
right and left,
are in the gutters."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

“All of us share this world
for but a brief moment in time.
The question is whether we spend that time
focused on what pushes us apart,
or whether we commit ourselves to an effort
— a sustained effort --
to find common ground,
to focus on the future we seek for our children,
​and to respect the dignity of all human beings.”

-Barack Obama

"In crucial things, unity. 
In important things, diversity. 
In all things, generosity."

-George H. W. Bush

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Can We Answer With Love?

2/14/2020

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Is that
LOVE
in the air?

Or contempt?

Last week,
the featured speaker
at the National Prayer Breakfast
was Arthur Brooks,
a prominent conservative thinker
and author of
Love Your Enemies:
How Decent People Can
Save America from a Culture of Contempt.


He challenged the audience 
to become
"missionaries for
love
in the face of
contempt".

You can read his
prepared remarks for the speech
in the Washington Post .

These days,
we don't have to search far
to find contempt.

It's on display
in every
news channel
and
coffee shop
and
comment section
in America.

The question is,
when we find it,
how will we
​answer it?

Can we answer with patience?

Can we answer with kindness?

Can we answer with LOVE?

Let's do our best.
​
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