by admin | Apr 1, 2020 | Aging, Christianity, Coronavirus, Emergency Management, Healthcare, Medical, Public health, Public policy, Public safety, Religion, Uncategorized
Okay, now I’m angry. I had not intended to produce another blog article quite so soon, but false prophets are rampaging through the vineyards of the Lord. Fortunately, there are only a few of them reported so far, two of whom have been cited for certain misdemeanor...
by admin | Oct 29, 2019 | Activism, Books, Chicago, Christianity, Civil rights, Crime, History, Identity, Immigration, Personal history, Public safety, Racism, Religion, Terrorism, Volunteerism
Last week was for me an eventful time, including a four-hour trip to Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday for the Growing Sustainable Communities conference, an event the city sponsors every year. I spoke in a session that afternoon, October 24, on community planning for...
by admin | Oct 20, 2019 | Activism, Blogging, National security, Personal history, Politics, Religion, Writing
For the last four weeks, I have failed to find adequate time to write a respectable blog post. Events and past commitments have gotten the best of me. I spent four days in Iowa during the first week of this month, and two days in North Carolina the following week. In...
by admin | Apr 27, 2019 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Christianity, Disaster, National security, Personal history, Public safety, Religion, Terrorism
This week, it seemed as if the world was determined to break my heart. I am sure I am not the only one who felt that way, but I may be the one who puts two seemingly unrelated events together and wonders how we come to such a pass. I often write about how we can...
by admin | Mar 17, 2019 | Activism, Blogging, Identity, National security, Personal history, Public safety, Racism, Religion, Writing
New Zealand is a nation that counts its annual totals of gun homicides in single digits, as a friend of mine who just returned from a visit Down Under accurately notes. It is, by comparison to most of the world, an incredibly peaceful, peace-loving country. Yet two...
by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Activism, Books, Careers, Christianity, Education, Gratitude, Journalism, Personal history, Religion, Writing
GRATITUDE ON PARADE#gratitudeonparadeAlong with John Erickson, Maryanne Salcetti played a key role in my early journalistic development. As the co-editor with her husband of the weekly news, a regional newspaper in Iowa City, she took me on as a part-time cub reporter...
