If I Lived Then

In the 2006 biopic Amazing Grace, my favorite monologue takes place in a scene where the movie’s hero, William Wilberforce, is compelling an elite class of society to come face to face with the horrid reality of slavery. During a lunch cruise, the luxurious reception...

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Bird’s-eye View, Personal Secrets

The Story of Complex People: Part III. Read Part I and Part II. (cont'd) A human being is in a very questionable position to judge another's motives. After all is said and done, at the end of our lives, we only have our own complexity to understand, and perhaps not...

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Which Mirror Tells The Truth?

Which Mirror Tells The Truth?

The Story of Complex People: Part II. Read Part I here.   Who can tell the truth about a person? An autobiography gives access to someone’s psyche and thought processes, but is there anyone who thinks unfavorably about himself and would put his own life story in...

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Croissant, Degas, Chateau

How much butter is in a single piece of croissant? The answer: ignorance is bliss. Sitting in Paris' la Maison Angelina, the question is not 'to eat or not to eat'? It's how many do I eat? But the real treat of the visit is Angelina's hot chocolate, so rich, decadent,...

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Human Strudel

Human Strudel

It has been said of former President Bill Clinton that one of his marked qualities as a leader is the ability to give full and undivided attention to each conversation partner, and make each person feels like he is 100% interested in what they are saying.[1] It...

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A Child of All Nations

A Child of All Nations

Stolen from a book title by my favorite Indonesian author, the late Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the title of this blog post captures the essence of what I consider my life personal statement, to be a child of all nations. I consider the entire world as a classroom and...

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Book List: My Top 20

Book List: My Top 20

My favorite books, in no particular order. May change in the future. Education by Ellen White* The Places in Between by Rory Stewart* The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel* Man Is Not Alone by Abraham Joshua Heschel* God, Gödel, and Grace by Clifford Goldstein* The...

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Home in Prayer

Home in Prayer

There is a quiet place, carved in neither space nor time, where two worlds meet and two beings linger. Two diametrically opposed persons, one is love and the other selfish. Yet in this quiet place, there is perfect comfort and complete acceptance. I seem to know of...

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