Filled with The Spirit — Topped off with Respect

When I was covering a US History class at Leuzinger High School, I started walking in the Spirit of God. I realized that I did not have to settle for the fears and upsets which can so easily beset us. I was learning that I do not listen to my feelings, but rather I...

More than Attitude — Transformation!

Attitude is not enough – condemnation, law, grace, these are more real to us. There is something in us human beings that will just not settle into victory. The uneasy sense that we have done something wrong, that we still have to "do something" always picks...

God Bless You, Ms. Beatrice Toussaint

One of my favorite sites to sub for was — the Sheriff Leadership Academy in Lynwood. The County Ladies Jail was next door, and Los Angeles County District Attorney's office stationed a probation department upstairs. Right next door to the classroom, Compton...

Fawning McCaskill Falling out of Favor

Love at First Sight? Missouri Senate Claire McCaskill won the Senate Seat in 2006 following the Republican shellacking of George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism, which was really Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" — lite, replete with...