CONNECTING. FOR LIFE.

CONNECTING. FOR LIFE.

The memory is of the threat of its absence.  I’m not alone, but I’m scared I could be.  Disconnected.  In a void, a space with no footing.  No way to be an agent; to matter.  Therefore no raison d’etre—literally, no reason for being. The only real hell I’ve ever...
TWO STEPS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLE

TWO STEPS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLE

“Are you crazy?” “You’re kidding me!’ “You can’t possibly believe that!” “I just don’t get her at all!” In the past week, how many times have you said that you just don’t understand somebody—an acquaintance, family member, co-worker, or maybe a politician?  It can be...
CURIOSITY AND CULTURAL HUMILITY

CURIOSITY AND CULTURAL HUMILITY

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI in the biz) are hot topics.  Businesses want to know how to recruit and retain diverse employees at every level.  Churches across the spectrum from Catholics and Episcopalians to Muslims, Baptists to Jews, Presbyterians to Latter...
THE GRAMMAR OF RACISM

THE GRAMMAR OF RACISM

Forty percent of unarmed people shot and killed by police officers are Black, even though Black men make up 6% of the nation’s population.  http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/12/fact-check-more-whites-shot-by-police-in-2015-than-minorities/ When statistics on...
CAN WE MAKE THE OTHER JON STEWART A LIAR?

CAN WE MAKE THE OTHER JON STEWART A LIAR?

mariafabrizio.com/ Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart makes his living turning the news into jokes.  But on the day after the racial massacre in Charleson, he said he had no jokes to tell.  As he put it, “I didn’t do my job today, so I apologize.  I got...