Among other aspects of my identity, I am a Christian and a Social Worker. Both of these pieces of my identity help me make values based decisions, including my thoughts on capital punishment. I have utmost empathy for victims of violent crime and for their surviving family members. I cannot imagine the pain they haveContinue reading “Social Work, People of Faith, and the Death Penalty”
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Meeting people where they are
In social work we talk a lot about “meeting people where they are”. We mean it in the sense of beginning the work where the client is, not where we (or they) wish they were. We mean it in the sense of being non-judgemental, and of prioritizing client voice and choice. Below I reflect onContinue reading “Meeting people where they are”
Happy Birthday, Dr. King: I am sorry we haven’t bent the arc more yet.
Though we have an official day to recognize Dr. King’s birthday coming up next week, today (January 15) is his actual birthday. Going to college in Memphis and spending several years there after college, I visited the National Civil Rights Museum (at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was assassinated) many times. I have hadContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Dr. King: I am sorry we haven’t bent the arc more yet.”
Dorothy Day, and some early thoughts for post election intentional living
Prior to this year, the last time I dressed up for Halloween I was Dorothy Day. My Facebook memory post for that day reminds me that I had at least 15 conversations with people about DD that day, I passed out at least 50 copies of my newspaper, and only had one person ask meContinue reading “Dorothy Day, and some early thoughts for post election intentional living”
