SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

Several weeks ago I thought about blogging about what makes a hero. I didn’t, for I could not think of good examples that didn’t wear red or yellow spandex. I have an example now. My work supervisor is an amazing woman. She has a very simple and clear-headed, rational yet faith-filled perspective on our clients and the things that happen in our center.  Read More »

I drove behind an SUV with this bumper sticker: “No Farms No Food.” It’s a simple message, and quite obvious, really, but on this day, it caught me. It wasn’t the irony of an SUV-driving eco-lover that caught my attention; I don’t know what it was.  Read More »

Secularism comes from the Latin world saeculum, which means “world.” It implies a focus on this world, without reference to values or entities beyond this world. It seeks to create political institutions that are independent of any established religion.  Read More »

The Sabbath is recognized as important by both Judaism and Christianity. Speculation as to why the Christians hold their Sabbath on Sunday, the first day of the week, rather than on Saturday, the seventh day of the week as it is laid forth in the Ten Commandments is blurred and varied. However I found a very interesting article that addresses this question.  Read More »

Whenever a child is outside the spectrum of personal distinction such as having repetitive behaviors or mannerisms, he is usually seen as someone with special needs (or worse, someone who is weird). Affecting millions of people and most especially children all over the world, a developmental or intellectual disorder is an unknown phenomenon that is increasing over time.  Read More »

As a social worker, dear reader, I am a mandatory reporter – I am obliged to report any suspected child abuse. I have thought about that from time to time, of course, but never so much as the past few weeks, when I’ve heard the father in the apartment below me yelling at someone.  Read More »

Companies taking advantage of the new trend of the consumer, “going green,” have been criticized for not truly caring about the environment and merely seeing it as a fad that can be used to help with marketing. An example of an industry “going green” would be Night clubs.  Read More »

This blog is inspired by my blog: http://progressiveu.org/blog/50436-religious-intolerance-everywhere  Read More »