2020 Takeaways
I will be on vacation next week, so this is my last blog of 2020. And too much happened this year not to learn from it. So . . .
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When the #1 Item on your Christmas Wish List is Food on the Table
In an article today in the Washington Post entitled “Growing threat of hunger in a wealthy region is blunt example of economic inequality,” reporter Robert McCartney captures poignant snapshots of
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The Holidays Are Here: What’s Your Soundtrack?
What do your holiday celebrations say about your spin on life?
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What Good is Hope?
If there is any value-added from the holiday season we are entering, at least any that extends beyond the champagne glass on New Year’s Eve, the most likely candidate is
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Still Grateful in 2020
When the Apostle Paul said, “praise the Lord in all circumstances,” I think he had the year 2020 in mind. As this annual tradition of gratitude comes around, uppermost in
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Ways to Serve in Germantown
Some of you have asked about volunteering for needy families on other days besides Fridays at 12:30. Here are some options: Thursday food delivery – like Fridays, pick up groceries
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How Religion Can Help Put Our Democracy Back Together
Amid the 21st-century funk of bad blood between religion and politics in the press comes this breath of fresh air: an article by Richard Just, the editor of the Washington
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My Vote’s In – Now What?
Unfortunately, there is little chance of a clear winner for this election for weeks to come. . . . I hope I’m wrong. But if not, the country will be
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Public Policy: the Work of the Thrivers
As Dom Hélder Pessoa Câma, Brazilian Archbishop from 1964 – 1985, famously said: “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they
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Montgomery County Questions A – D for Dummies
If you have not voted yet, I wanted to bring your attention not to the headliner vote of the highest office in the land but the more local decision-making that
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