The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: welcome

  • Go Where Everyone Is Welcome

    How do we choose our attitudes, political views, and convictions? I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately. It is not unusual these days to encounter people with beliefs that fly in the face of irrefutable facts, and veer sharply away from the magnetic north of any rational moral compass. It stuns me that so…

  • How Lucky are We?

    Can you imagine living in a country where you are in constant fear of having your door kicked in? How about living in a place where your neighbors can and will threaten your life and no one will protect you? Coming from my place of white privilege, I can’t even conceive of an existence in…

  • Thwart a Terrorist — Build a Bridge

    As I’ve mentioned before, my most viewed blog entry is the one on Bridge Symbolism. It’s viewed about 25 times a day, by people all over the world. I have no idea why, but it gratifies me. Now more than ever. Bridges symbolize connection more than anything else. They join places and people together that…