Tag: Palm Sunday
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Not Who They Appear To Be
When she came out on stage, I couldn’t recognize her. Isley was part of her school production of “Madagascar Junior”, a musical representation of the DreamWorks Animation movie about a group of four zoo animals that escape captivity and end up in Madagascar. For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, the four penguins–Skipper, Kowalski,…
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The Need Hasn’t Changed
The nation-wide March for Our Lives and Palm Sunday happened a day apart. Same message. Saturday, March 24, students and their supporters around the country marched to protest the lax attitude of lawmakers toward gun control. The fear resulting from the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, where seventeen students and teachers were killed,…
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The Fickleness of Folks; What Do We Want?
Holidays are great times to consider how I did things in the past. Those special days bring up fun–and funky–memories that remind me why I do what I do now. Memories that’ve shaped who I am and how I respond to life. Palm Sunday was yesterday. Growing up in the Chicago area, this time…