I love the Man of La Mancha score.  I drove my family crazy playing the album over and over.  It's probably ahead of Jesus Christ Superstar and my BJ Thomas christian albums.  My spirit soars as I hear "to fight the unbeatable foe, to strive with your last ounce of courage, to dream the impossible dream!"  I guess you have to be mad to live that kind of life but isn't that what disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, should be doing?  Shouldn't we live and die as lovers, forgiving those…

I love the book "What would Jesus Do".    I love the bracelets.  We need more of them, but the title of this blog is not meant to stand for What would Jesus Do? but What would Jimmy Do?  In this case I'm not asking what would Jesus Christ do but what would Jimmy Carter do if he were president and Dennis Rodman came back from North Korea and said pick up the phone and call your enemy.  Based on his post- presidential record I think he would pick up more than a phone.  He would pick up Dennis,…

Instead of not seeing the forest for the trees, I have recently come to realize, that the we are in danger of not seeing the trees for the forest.  Concerns for the state of the Religous Socienty of Friends overshadows concern for the individual souls of its members and of those who enter its doors.  Discussions over what is a Quaker miss the point entirely.  When Jesus told his listeners to love their neighbor he was asked who is my neighbor.  He then told the parable of the good…