Memphasis > For Real
March 22nd, 2018
REAL NEED. REAL EFFORT. “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” The late, great Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen – father-in-law to the late-great Tennessee Senator Howard Baker – purportedly said that regarding government spending in a Tonight Show appearance in the 60s. In the coming years, ...
Memphasis > The Whole Truth
March 15th, 2018
TRUTH BE TOLD. Truth is the truth. It isn’t inconvenient, inconsistent or incomplete. It isn’t uncomfortable or unpleasant and certainly not untrue. But what we’ve made of the truth is all of those things. A couple of years ago, I wrote about a strange little corner park downtown representative of both our national and local manipulation of truth ...
Memphasis > Gorillas In The Living Room
March 8th, 2018
IMPROVING THE VIEW There are very large gorillas in our living room. It seems these things are never seen when such a sight would spoil the vision at hand – except, of course, by those who see the reality of unpleasant things. Never mentioned in polite conversation – except, of course, by those who discuss unpleasant things. Avoided at all costs by those charged ...
Memphasis > Lent Is Complicated
March 1st, 2018
REPENTANCE. FORGIVENESS. AND WAFFLES. Lent is complicated. People: Have mercy on us, Lord. Celebrant: We confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives. For those of us who observe it, we’re supposed to use these 40 days as a reflective time of penitence … to wander in the wilderness if you will ...
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