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Let’s party!
I love listening to how children describe God. It’s even more interesting seeing how they draw God. One morning, a Sunday school teacher asked the students to sketch God. Some of the pictures showed God portrayed as a huge sea turtle, carrying the world on its back; God as a bright sun; God as a…
An obvious double standard
I struggled as I decided to write this particular “Message from our Publisher.” Many will accuse me of playing the race card, stirring the pot or not letting sleeping dogs lie. I cannot help but see the double standard in the San Diego community. What is causing my rancor? Lilygate. It has been more than…
‘This is progress … we can be proud’
“This, ladies and gentleman, is progress at an Academy in which we can be proud.” So wrote the poster of these pictures on Knights Out , West Point’s LGBT alumni association Facebook, showing a member of the Academy’s Spectrum group and his boyfriend at the Yearling Winter Weekend dance last weekend.
Hope in the midst of struggles: gratitude
In this article, I give to you a very special invitation to cultivate gratitude and gratefulness as your basic attitude toward life; as the very ground of your being. Gratefulness is powerful. It’s one of the most powerful forces in the world. Gratefulness makes all the difference between just going through the motions and really…
Not saving for retirement? Know your future self
It shouldn’t be a shock to hear that people don’t save enough for retirement. Americans are only saving 5 percent of their income, and that’s up from the typical 0 percent to 3 percent during the past decade. Yet 70 percent of us worry about retirement. See the contradiction? We are worrying about retirement, but…
Escaping the walking dead en route to ‘Comic-Con’
We did it! We survived The Walking Dead Escape July 12. I know we said we were going to be spectators, but we just couldn’t give up the opportunity to experience it as survivors. The people around us were prepared with knee and elbow pads, helmets and Go Pro cameras strapped to their heads. By…
De-gay or not de-gay
Some gay and lesbian seniors have been out for years; others only recently. And, sad to say, others are still in the closet. Many of us purposely keep our living space private in order to relax amid things of our lifestyle. These varying degrees of outness to friends, co-workers and relatives correspond to the varying…
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