Week of 7/18/21

This Week July 18, 2021 This is a special week in my life. On Saturday our older son and his fiancé will be married near Kansas City, Kansas....
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Week of 7/11/21

This Week July 11, 2021 I wonder what people’s experiences are like of being with other people without the restrictions of social distancing?...
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Week of 7/4/21

This Week July 4, 2021 The AEU Assembly Committee thought it a good idea to have a bit of a break for the July 4th holiday weekend and I hope you...
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Week of 6/27/21

This Week June 27, 2021 We’re heading into Week 4 and have 2 events to join between now and Sunday and you can check out the offerings below....
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Week of 6/14/21

This Week June 14, 2021 A good number of you have already joined the Assembly program by attending the Keynote event last Wednesday. If you...
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Week of 6/6/21

This Week June 6, 2021 Greetings, everyone! Time to mark your calendars for a whole host of events between this Wednesday, June 9th and Sunday...
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Week of 2/8/21

We are well into a New Year and I feel that this message is long overdue as it’s been months since my last post. My primary reason for the...
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Week of 9/14/2020

My White Supremacy Problem As with many in the United States, I rely heavily upon my religious tradition for moral guidance. That reliance is...
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Week of 8/17/2020

The Black Lives Matter to AEU statement to reaffirm past resolutions for racial justice was approved by the Assembly of the American...
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Week of 8/10/2020

What do the words “white supremacist” evoke in you? It’s hard for me to see those words and not think of hate spewing, Ku Klux Klan hooded,...
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Week of 7/6/2020

I got a good bit of positive feedback on my last entry on “othering.” I’d written: Othering is, I believe, a necessary precursor to oppressio...
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Week of 6/22/2020

Othering is, I believe, a necessary precursor to oppression. “Othering” involves what the sociologist Yiannis Gabriel has described as “casting a...
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