"Diversity is the mix. Inclusion is making the mix work." ~ Andres Tapia, Korn Ferry "Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed." — Jodi Picoult, Author We’re now at a point, 15-plus years in, where DEI is not a program or an … Continue reading THANKFUL FOR DIVERSITY
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” ~ Robert Brault "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth “Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired.” ~ Sylvester Stallone "Trick … Continue reading FRIGHTFUL MANNERS
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. ~ Enrique Iglesias "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes, the night that you told me those little white lies." ~ Little White Lies, words and music by Walter Donaldson, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, … Continue reading THOSE LITTLE WHITE LIES
Barbie(s) on Pixabay "Live your dream." ~ Barbie, in The Princess and The Pauper “What makes you different just might be your greatest strength.” ~ Barbie, in A Mermaid Tale “True courage is pursuing your dream, even when everyone else says it’s impossible.” ~ Barbie, in Barbie and The Three Musketeers When I was a … Continue reading WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: BARBIE, THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE (ETC. ETC. ETC.)
"The issue of women serving in the pastorate is an issue of fundamental Biblical authority that does violate both the doctrine and the order of the Southern Baptist Convention." ~ Albert Mohler, Ninth President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "It's a very tiny brain you're housing in there, isn't it?" ~ Dawn French as … Continue reading WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CHURCH LADIES
When a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon, this is still wrong....This law, and the love it defends, strike a blow against hate in all its forms. And that’s why this law matters to every single American, no matter who you are … Continue reading WEDDING BELLES, REDUX
Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART TWO
Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Barbara Jordan - 1936-1996 "Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States: "We, the people." It's a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in … Continue reading BARBARA JORDAN – A TIMELESS SHERO
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The Divine Miss Maude (2002 - 2022) By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a … Continue reading OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE