A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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We Are Meant To Come Together
I have this uneasy feeling the universe is in trouble. Like serious trouble. There is this thing called the “Great Attractor.” It is a mass thousands of times more massive than the Milky Way,…
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God is not a crutch
I like to try to imagine the power of a black hole. A black hole is a region in space that has such strong gravitational pull that NOTHING can escape. Not particles. Not electromagnetic radiation.…
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Thinking more on the word ‘God’
Occasionally, people come up to me to talk about these posts. It’s really wonderful. I love talking about these topics. I had a person come up to me this week and talk with me…
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Why we must come back to spirituality and magic.
I get so frustrated with God language. I know the instant I use the word “God” I am isolating people. I am turning people off and, therefore, not helping the world spiritually in the…
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Compassion. Kindness. Forgiveness.
Someone once gave our family tickets to a Cavs game. They’ve got these REALLY cool Jumbotrons above the floor. These massive, beautiful video displays cover the action on the floor. It’s super cool to…
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Why I’m Not Running For Political Office This Coming Year
I love politics. Dementia runs in my family. I tell my wife that if that ever happens to me just put me in any room of your choosing with C-SPAN running 24/7. I’ll be…
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S.A.D.
This is a picture of Donnie. Her husband died. His pension ran out. She lost her house. She is now homeless. This rain. 40 degree rain is the worst. And it just felt unrelenting…
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Dear Akron Beacon Journal Editorial Board
This is the editorial I am commenting on here: Beacon Journal/Ohio.com editorial board: Sage Lewis goes to court It’s likely that link will break soon. Their content management system typically pulls these offline at…
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Losing Everything and Finding God
Early on, in our homeless tent community, we had very little. We didn’t have laundry. We didn’t have a shower. We didn’t have computers or a food pantry or a clothes room. We had…
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I’m not worried any more.
A couple days ago I asked Rocky about a business idea to help pay for some family expenses. She asked concerned, “Are you worried about money?” For the first time in my life I…
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The Lesson of Desert
Have you ever been to the desert? You’ll know what I’m talking about, if you have. The desert is a place that makes no sense. The desert is random and chaotic. The desert is…
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You Don’t Need To Study Christianity To Know It
There are these universal experiences people have in certain spiritual moments. People talk about a white light in near death experiences. Users of a drug called “DMT” have reported encounters with “machine elves”: entities referenced…