September 2022
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The bigger the break, the bigger the opening. The last time I said that, it was May of 2020, during the George Floyd protests around the world and days after the one here in Cleveland. Speaking from this pulpit, I asked you, Can we find the opening that the break has created and go through…
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Some years ago, writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker shared the story of his three-year-old daughter’s imaginary friend. The name she gave her imaginary friend was Charlie Ravioli, and Charlie Ravioli was always too busy to play. One day Adam Gopnik and his wife watched their little girl punch a number into her imaginary…
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Mulla Nasruddin is a fictional character in the folklore of the Muslim world from the Balkans to China, and a hero of numerous stories. Like this one, on a day when he was invited to deliver a sermon to the faithful. Mulla Nasruddin steps into the pulpit, the first thing out of his mouth is,…
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