Almost bedtime on the eve of the last day of the year. Yes, in a little less than a day, we’ll begin another year… 2014 showed me that life is so much more than something that just happens to us. So, I want to start 2015 clean and clear. The Buddha once said, “Holding onContinue reading “Forgive; don’t forget”
Author Archives: Bosco O'Brian
Merry Christmonth!
So, if you’re sitting out there tonight thinking somehow you missed it, or it missed you, well fear not. Matthew 2:13-14 shows that Joseph and family left for Egypt in the middle of the night, probably within hours of the Magi’s leaving. And they stayed in Egypt for at least several months, probably years. ButContinue reading “Merry Christmonth!”
Elizabeth Warren — The Democratic Party’s Ross Perot of 2016?
Love Elizabeth Warren or hate her…not the point. If Elizabeth Warren enters into the race to become the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party against Hilary Clinton, it will hand an otherwise relatively safe victory for the Democratic Party in 2016 squarely into the hands of the Republican Party. Given the ham-handed behavior of theContinue reading “Elizabeth Warren — The Democratic Party’s Ross Perot of 2016?”
Veni, Veni…
Something about Advent…an ancient longing and clamorous silence. Of prayerfulness when my heart tells my lips, “Be still; I got this.”
My children are a promise…
My children are a promise… A promise I made to God; a promise I made to me; and ultimately to them. His promise of “Grace” means that even when we fall, He is there to catch us. No matter how far we wander, He is there, waiting for us to come back. As this promiseContinue reading “My children are a promise…”
And then my heart left me and went out into the world on its own…
I have heard it said that raising a child is like making a conscious choice to voluntarily take your heart from out of your chest and allow it to run carelessly and willy-nilly throughout the cosmos with reckless abandon. It is the visceral equivalent of giving consciousness to a part of yourself that is henceforth goingContinue reading “And then my heart left me and went out into the world on its own…”
STEM is a stick; STEAM is a source of energy!
So our ability to educate and fully round out our youth has been reduced to a convenient acronym that is another work for a stick… Sad indeed but a growing and pervasive challenge being faced all across the country. We are blessed here in the Lakota School Districts that the water level has not risenContinue reading “STEM is a stick; STEAM is a source of energy!”
Laughter; the Shortest Distance…
Thought for the day: I was sitting in church this morning thinking about a couple of things that have been a bit of a drag lately… then it occurred to me that most of us come into this world crying and most of us go out of this world surrounded by people crying (if we’reContinue reading “Laughter; the Shortest Distance…”
E pluribus unum
“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” – Barry Goldwater (1964). Wrong idea then. Wrong idea now. Sometimes I get frustrated at the graying of the line between American Exceptionalism and Extremism.Continue reading “E pluribus unum”
The Times They Are A Changing
As my son gets ready to begin his university experience at The Harvard on the Hocking, Ohio University in a couple of weeks and I get prepared to write the big, fat check, I worry for the people his age and ultimately our nation. I watched as the school system here systematically removed music, art,Continue reading “The Times They Are A Changing”
Why Eye Write 