by lepton | Jul 11, 2014 | Matters of the Heart, Power Dynamic
You may be lucky enough to have good parents and caretakers that look out for you. Unfortunately these people may have instilled in you a sense that everyone else wasn’t as selfish as they really are. Another factor might be that these people are older and come...
by lepton | Jul 3, 2014 | Personal
One of my favorite chapel speakers at Wheaton was Tony Campolo. He talked about going to the inner city and providing quality education for at-risk kids… and when he did everyone in the class went to college and one of them went to Harvard. He also talked...
by lepton | Jun 30, 2014 | Personal
A year ago spring I noticed something in myself that gave me more concern than the normal hours of suicidal ideation or murderous rage. I started detesting birdsong. I always thought the enjoyment of birdsong was ingrained in our evolution, and if anything in any of...
by lepton | Jun 28, 2014 | Mental Illness, Power Dynamic
There is a hot dog stand south of us in a somewhat black neighborhood. It contains a lot of memorabilia like a novelty barrel of moonshine. One thing stuck out at me, a tin can with the confederate flag on it. This made me very angry, not because I give a hoot in...
by lepton | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
A prominent Christian anarchist (who was actually at my closest friend from college’s wedding) stated that one cannot be friends with someone with online-only interaction. I believed this until today. Yes online interaction might not be the ideal most...
