What Crosses My Mind

  • Why I attended a Trump rally

    I was recently given tickets to attend the Trump rally in Duluth, Minnesota last night. Given the controversy around the issues occurring on our southern border, I felt like this was my closest opportunity I might have to put myself in a place to show resistance to his actions and the impact he is having…

  • I Have A Broken Heart

    I watched my world unravel tonight, I believe in love, I understand pain and indifference, though cannot recognize ignorance.   This night I listened to voices familiar and strong speak with certain agonizing reactions to simple insecurities.   How soon do we lose ourselves, when hiding inside a square box incapable of having corners, unaware…

  • The ‘Not Yet’ Reality of Racism

    A dear friend once used the phrase ‘not yet’ to suggest a descriptive moment in our lives that though I will not describe that context, I will explore the phrase as it pertains to our lives in America today. As I write this commentary, I notice a massive gathering of protesters in Boston to represent…

  • The Need to Recognize Historical Trauma

    Many years ago, during a trip to Europe, I discovered a reality that would change my life forever. The year was 1985, and a portion of my travels was spent in Germany. In a visit to St. Mary’s Church in Lubeck, West Germany I discovered a broken and melted bell that was left in its…

  • On Donald Trump and Ignorance

    For weeks, perhaps months, no to be sure, for the last two years I have struggled with the phenomena that is Donald Trump. I will secretly admit to everyone that a decade ago, when he first threw his name into the hat as a candidate and then swiftly pulled it out because the powers that…

  • Supremacy Court

    Decisions seem beyond the concept of reality, or perhaps we speak of truth, our society, the world we seem to trust and find faith, is simply lost inside a hypocrisy. We are a country with mixed messages, mixed races, mixed emotions, all drawn together by the masses, those that seemingly decide our future based upon…

  • Bigotry Screams

    I live in the United States – all my life, though I have had opportunity to travel, this is where my freedom has always evolved. In recent days we lost Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia to death. He was 79 years old. This man was highly respected for his strong views in a conservative lens.…

  • Lacking Skin

    I draw little attention to who I am based solely upon a certain gem some would call the bane of life yet I might think of none of them. ~ I walk in a department store alone gather little if any attention shown I could probably open the register take a dollar bill and dial the…

  • Thinking Out Loud … Again (Revised)

    I’ve read and listened to a lot of opinion throughout the week centered around the Charleston tragedy. I have been trying to wrap my head around this new yet predictable nightmare in our society. I have read about the politicizing of real deaths at the hand of a racist. I’ve listened to the dialogue that…