The Dalai Lama within us

As this blog unfolds, it will be obvious that the Dalai Lama is not THE Dalai Lama, but someone who has the Dalai Lama qualities.  He’s a combination of mythology, spirituality, religion, and a keen professor from Miami of Ohio, who we call the Dalai Lama.

We called him Dalai Lama for several reasons – he was bright, calm, loving, balanced, and he practiced his craft.  He wasn’t someone to one person and someone else to another person – and, he could spot the fakes a mile away.  But, his alignment was not to judge, but to focus on what he could do – many times ignoring what others would have trouble ignoring.

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Anecdotal Living Part 3: Welfare, Waste, and the Cadillac Myth

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/anecdotal-living-part-3-welfare-waste-and-the-cadillac-myth/article_6e0b099e-6243-5bf8-bafd-7b0b415cb106.html

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Solar Farms: Balancing Progress, Property and Public Interest

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/solar-farms-in-grant-county-balancing-progress-property-and-public-interest/article_753182ae-eb64-5396-b5e6-233d43a67f21.html

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Anecdotal Living Part 2: Anecdotal Racism – The Story that Stuck

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/anecdotal-living-part-2-anecdotal-racism-the-story-that-stuck/article_35661eb9-7fae-54db-8623-e72909277c6c.html

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Reformed Buddhists

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Anecdotal Living Part 1: The Power of a Single Story

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/anecdotal-living-part-1-the-power-of-a-single-story/article_b8d0a17a-cad3-548e-82f8-7a79c04c90d7.html

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Zen Mom

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Good Deeds are Not Transactional

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Was Jesus Woke? – Part 5: Waking Up with Jesus

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/was-jesus-woke-part-5-waking-up-with-jesus/article_43f8d43e-42a1-5b09-b574-4aa100de3a0a.html

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The Age Old Question …

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Was Jesus Woke? – Part 4: The Church’s Struggle with Wokeness

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/was-jesus-woke-part-4-the-church-s-struggle-with-wokeness/article_6d198ffe-d39f-598f-993c-9e37f40a629c.html

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Noah Doomsday Prepper

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Was Jesus Woke? – Part 3: Would Jesus be Accused of Being Woke Today?

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/was-jesus-woke-part-3-would-jesus-be-accused-of-being-woke-today/article_570fed77-f358-5e09-9413-cf0f2110c915.html

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Grant County Commissioners Carrying Guns

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/why-are-the-commissioners-suddenly-carrying-guns/article_006b6c34-bf97-5696-8172-a952484673d7.html

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Was Jesus Woke? – Part 2: Jesus and the Margins

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/was-jesus-woke-part-2-jesus-and-the-margins/article_b149a6eb-c394-5461-9d1a-348a31011ec9.html

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Do One Kind Thing a Day for Someone Else

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Jesus Vs. Trump: A Reflection on Leadership and Spirit

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When Scripture Debates … Itself

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Was Jesus Woke? – Part 1: What does “Woke” Even Mean Anymore?

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/was-jesus-woke-part-1-what-does-woke-even-mean-anymore/article_467b089a-acdb-5adf-8162-8d71d79e690a.html

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What is Hell?

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The Problem (and Promise) of Pride – Part 5: The Humility that Heals

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Guns & Prayers

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The Problem (and Promise) of Pride – Part 4: When Pride Hides as Piety

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Acts of God

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Charlie Kirk: Neither Martyr no Monster

Years ago, a friend of mine said to me “Tom, no one is ever as bad or as good as you think they are.” This stuck with me, and I also hoped people would think that of me, too. Recently, when the Charlie Kirk murder happened, it came to the surface of my mind again. I did some searches on its origin, but the closest I could find was the Ancient Stoics. So, that served as a starting point as I began this article about Charlie Kirk. P.S. Thanks, Marvin.

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-neither-martyr-nor-monster/article_d8fdde54-f698-58e5-b77d-102c8213bf6f.html

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St. Peter’s Favorite Prank on Editors & Publishers

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The Problem (and Promise) of Pride – Part 3: National Pride and the Partisan Divide

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/the-problem-and-promise-of-pride-part-3-national-pride-and-the-partisan-divide/article_8aead665-c333-5a3f-866b-cf36dcc761f4.html

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Protecting Democracy Part 3

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/protecting-democracy-before-it-s-too-late-part-3-what-we-can-do-a-christian/article_2936bdb3-c4b8-57b6-b3ce-52ce56301500.html

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Theology Quiz

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Good Girl Guru Advice

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The Problem (and Promise) of Pride – Part 2: Pride before the Fall – Biblical Mythological Warnings

https://www.chronicle-tribune.com/opinion/the-problem-and-promise-of-pride-part-2-pride-before-the-fall-biblical-and-mythological/article_6d16402d-1129-5fd2-abfd-e665913c512f.html

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