Healthy communities see the pain of an individual as an invitation to collective learning, growth, & healing. Pain challenges the narrative of insecure organizations and leaders who cannot handle nuance around systems of oppression, complicity, and appropriate response.

Every once in a while, Facebook memories reminds me of the posts I used to make, making it abundantly clear why I never developed a large social media following. 🙂

My sunflower seed team has a baseball problem.

The obvious choice for the Utah NHL team name is the Blizzard. Unless they use this as an opportunity to change the NBA name to something that actually sounds like it comes from Utah. Then the Jazz-Blizzard connection no longer holds.

If you are invited to speak at a funeral, you are allowed to cry almost expected to cry. Apologize, if you must, but you are immediately forgiven by those who are grieving with you.

I was a sailor I was borne upon the tide And with the sea, I did abide I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed But I am living still #RIPKrisKristofferson

This is what progressive Mennonites usually mean by "in the world but not of the world."

The Apostle Paul also appealed to Caesar, and it was his death sentence.

The media is getting this CEO murder story wrong. This isn't simply anti-elitest rage, but public awareness, anger, and pain about a corrupt and greedy corporation and system. They are getting it wrong because if they got it right, it could inspire a rash of copycat killings.