Over the past few days, I’ve added comments to a few things on Facebook and other sites that I want to share here.

There were a couple comments to the column, Faith Matters: Our history is stained with the truth of racism. They were both not supportive, so I felt it was important to add this comment:

Thank you for your wise and thoughtful words. You have placed the discussion about our shared histories in the proper context. How do we see every person around us as created by God, “fully human, fully deserving of a life lived with the same possibility for freedom, health and well-being as the life of anyone else”, whether they be the descendants of slaves, the descendants of slave owners, descendants of serfs, members of the Black Lives Matters movement, or someone flying a Confederate flag from the back of their pickup truck. How do our words show God’s love to all people?

A few people posted an image from Nihilist Memes that reads “Every Corpse on Everest was once an Extremely motivated Person”. I responded with a quote from Thus Spake Zarathustra:
“"thou hast made danger thy calling; therein there is nothing contemptible" -

Another friend posted a link to an article, Just One Day Without T####’s Name. The article had the name of the presidential candidate that I have redacted. If we’re not going use that name, let’s stop using it now. I responded,

Not talking about someone known for calling others losers or clowns is a start, but it really isn't enough. Instead,we need to replace it with discussions about important issues: How we feed the hungry, house the homeless, care for the strangers among us,, how we show God's love to all people, those who are called losers by politicians and even those politicians and their supporters who call others losers.

This is an important theme for me right now. Let’s post poems. Let’s post about issues, loving our neighbors, welcoming immigrants, celebrating Ramadan, speaking out against a culture of rape.

I did get a little political in a comment where I posted

To paraphrase a current Presidential candidate, Stanford University is not sending us their best; Criminals, Drug Dealers And Rapists are on their swim team and going to parties.