SENSITIZE 13
Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: The words we are using today that continue to mask racism.
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Conversation is whiskey and humor is beer.
Please don’t forget this.
In the midst of all the insanity, there is a tendency to talk until we cheapen ourselves, and debate to debunk the ignorant.
Although it may be dramatic to crinkle one’s face and produce crocodile tears about the tragedies of shootings and the general unrest in our communities, we achieve nothing through our furor of discourse.
We become inebriated on our sense of importance.
Then we start using our words to slur others.
I am sure many Americans would consider it insulting to allow good cheer, wit, cleverness, optimism and mirth to rule the day.
Yes, mirth. There’s a word we don’t use much anymore—probably because it means amusement that brings laughter. What could possibly be uplifting or comedic about the horror of El Paso and the victims of Dayton?
Nothing.
But we can keep our sense of humor by realizing that this is a nation of 350 million people, who have been told they have the right to do too much and have been slammed together from cultures all over the world, in a climate of permissiveness. We might ready ourselves for some conflict.
For to compare our country to other nations is a farce. No other group of people must tolerate such diversity—and do it promising to initiate “peace on Earth, goodwill toward man.”
We need the common beer of humor to sooth us and give us a reason for chatting again instead of yelling.
The whiskey of politics, religion, corporations and ego will do nothing but make us completely oblivious to anything but our own ideas.
I bring humor.
I find humor—not jokes and laugh-out-loud sketches, but instead, poking fun at ridiculous ideas instead of pretending they have merit. For instance, attempts to get rid of guns, or stances to protect them, are equally comical. Joining in “the blame game” and pointing fingers like little children only proves what babies we are.
We need humor.
We need to share the beer of a sense of good cheer.
So here’s to mirth. May we not only learn its meaning but begin to utilize its power.
Prepare for a rebirth of mirth on the Earth.
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G-Poppers … September 2nd, 2016
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G-Pop considered a beautiful thought: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Suddenly a fresh breeze of wisdom blew across his mind. If we’re supposed to love our neighbors as ourselves, it certainly is much easier to love them if we believe they’re a lot like us. Actually, it becomes nearly impossible to express affection and respect if we find they differ too much.
So any attempt to make human beings culturally diverse is feeding the racial retardation. We first must become common, and then manifest our traditions and preferences.
But without discovering the common good, the common nature and the common cause of the human race, we open the door to giant chasms of misunderstanding.
Perhaps the most overrated and ill-founded notion is, “There’s no one in the world quite like you.”
Prepare yourself for a truth–there are millions of people in the world like you. You cannot establish uniqueness by your molecules or quirks.
You are part of a species.
As part of that species, the thought of loving your neighbor as yourself is the oil and grease that allows you to move among others without friction.
So the ignorant may express bigotry through racial slurs and feelings of superiority, but those who deem themselves intellectually astute also promote prejudice by trying to box the human race into little containers of culture.
G-Pop wants his children to understand that they will never be able to love their fellow travelers until they see these humans inside themselves, and see themselves inside their brothers and sisters.
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Ask Jonathots …December 24th, 2015
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Do you think it would be a good thing for the United States to have a woman President? Why or why not?
With no disrespect to your question, the issue of the Presidency of the United States has nothing to do with gender or race.
It requires a leader who represents all the people in all ways possible, keeping an eye on better choices which will progress our humanity.
It shouldn’t matter if it’s a woman, a black, a gay person or any particular inclination.
There are four things I think are necessary to consider in selecting a leader of the United States–a champion for our cause and a motivator for the free world. Is he or she:
1. Idealistic enough to pursue the heart of the Declaration of Independence instead of merely discussing the mechanics of the Constitution?
Let us never forget that the Constitution originally insisted that black people were less than whole individuals. But the Declaration of Independence said that all men were created equal. Without this kind of idealism, we will begin to believe that maintaining the status quo is ultimately better in order to keep peace.
2. Able to endure suffering.
If you’re going to be the President of a diverse nation, a certain percentage of those people will be angry with you at all times. To secure the freedoms and rights of a minority does risk being attacked by the majority.
3. Living a life of good cheer.
I’m not talking about being able to tell jokes at an expensive dinner. I’m speaking of a sense of joy about one’s own life and expressing great hope that things can become better instead of always focusing on the next torpedo which just might sink our dreams.
4. Non-partisan.
Our country is neither conservative nor is it liberal. We require the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, who refused to accept dividing the country simply because the North did not understand the lifestyle of their Southern brothers and sisters.
If you show me candidates who possess these four attributes, their genitalia does not matter, but rather, their gentleness.
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G-Poppers … December 11th, 2015
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There is only one culture.
It’s called human.
It possesses two working parts–love and do:
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Without this culture permeating the inhabitants of Earth, we naturally become adversarial, and therefore dangerous to one another.
- Feel free to have all the customs you desire.
- You can have hot food or bland food.
- You can name your God whatever you wish.
- You may adorn yourself in native costuming.
All of that is terrific, as long as you’re willing to join the human culture, which is love and do.
And membership requires that you abandon certain ridiculous notions:
1. You are not exceptional. You are just part of a huge family.
2. You are not better than anyone else.
3. You have not been sent to earth to enlighten the other races and peoples.
4. You are not alone.
5. You are not persecuted, and if you feel you are, please let us know.
G-Pop wants his children to understand that to continue to promote cultural differences which also highlight irreparable schisms among us is to propagate the climate for war.
There is only one culture. The sooner we celebrate that common culture while appreciating each other’s diversity and customs, the better off we will be.
The more often we acknowledge that the only evil is the absence of the good of acceptance and humility, the better our chance will be of peaceful co-existence.
G-Pop speaks plainly. Don’t come to him with an insistence on superiority and think that you will be able to make a case for your uniqueness.
It is in commonality that we find our strength.
And until we realize that whether it’s male or female, Jew or Greek, black or white, Muslim, Jew, Christian, Hindu or whatever–our only responsibility is to love and do.
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Good News and Better News… November 30th, 2015
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Having spent four days with friends and family, dissecting the “outers” and innards of the seasonal bird, yesterday we found ourselves in Newnan, Georgia, fellowshipping with Kingdom folk at Cornerstone.
We had met Pastor Rick many years ago when we still called ourselves middle-aged, so it was a delight when he extended an invitation for us to come and present a Christmas show for those who would dare to congregate on this particular Sunday morning.
I do love Christmas–not only the festivity of joy and giving, but also the focus it brings to the true message of Jesus.
Although Easter affords us the promise of salvation, Christmas explodes with the thrill of heaven coming down and bringing glory to our souls.
There are two abiding messages that erupt from the birth of Jesus:
- Don’t be afraid.
- Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
In this era in human history, when people are making huge sums of money by scaring the crap out of us. and peace on Earth seems as likely as me becoming thin, it is good to remind ourselves that the only way to strive for such a condition–where fear is diminished and peace is increased–is to allow ourselves to have good cheer and feverishly chase down common sense.
I cannot tell you how delighted I was at all the enlightened souls I met at Cornerstone. Such stories they possessed–from gospel quartet singers, to engineers, to people of great diversity and struggle. Each one found a level of contentment.
It was a beautiful morning to set in motion the miracle of Christmas: new things can be born which really can change the world.
That’s the good news.
The better news is that my dear friends at Cornerstone can avoid all the rhetoric and anger of the upcoming election by keeping their eyes on those two central truths demonstrated so beautifully on that first Christmas night.
We must learn to listen to the angels of our better nature, which tell us to stop being afraid.
And never doubt that the only way we will ever achieve our purpose is to be in the camp of those who work for peace on Earth and good will toward men.
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Populie: It’s a Free Country … May 14, 2014
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POPULIE: an idea that is so popular that we feel there’s room to stuff in a lie or two to plump up the concept.
Freedom is a wonderful expression but the notion that we’re all free to do whatever we want, based on our whim or citizenship, takes a precept and turns it into a populie. America is not a land of freedom–it is a community of diversity, grounded in liberty.
First and foremost, we have to understand that religion, politics and entertainment, once again, love the populie.
Politics extols the virtue of “it’s a free country” to promote planks in its platform which may historically be proven to be erred, but for the time being, gain applause from the crowd and votes on election day. Remember, politics doesn’t care about posterity–just the temporary tally.
Entertainment, of course, wants to advertise the notion of abstract freedom because then really trashy ideas or short-sighted philosophies can be inserted into movies, music and television and presented as reality, under the guise of free expression.
And religion screams of the glories of the First Amendment when insisting that there is a need to alienate some faction or movement from their ranks due to its absence of reverence.
But actually, the word “freedom” needs to be replaced with “liberty”–and there is a great phrase in the Good Book, which states, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
In other words, if you’re going to do anything in the name of God, make sure you grant the human race liberty.
What is liberty?
Liberty does not require that I give permission, or even approval, of what is done. It is the offering of choice–as long as that decision doesn’t rob choice from another.
When you place that definition on our current social environment, much clarity comes to the forefront. I am not trying to tell you that I’ve discovered the Rosetta Stone for Earth’s peace and harmony. There are many complicated discussions which will ensue on a myriad of topics, but in a nation that allows for diversity, but also still pursues righteousness, you can account for both by opening the door to liberty.
For instance, I don’t believe in abortion. But I do believe in choice.
The pro-life people would find that wishy-washy. My response? If you really think it’s wrong to kill babies, then help advertise birth control, personal control and open up more adoption centers. You do not have the right to steal the liberty of choice from your fellow-citizens.
To those who are pro-choice, who would be angry with me because I disapprove of the procedure and therefore cast a dim light on ladies who pursue it, I would say, “You can’t have it both ways.” Most people don’t advertise their abortion on Facebook. There is a stigma to it. It is a needful hesitation, giving respect to life. If a woman chooses that path, she should be granted the liberty, but it does not require my rubber-stamp.
I feel the same thing about marijuana. I don’t like it. It doesn’t meet my specifications for quality or even inclusion, but if marijuana wants to come in as a choice for people in our country, and fall under the same scrutiny as all other smoke products–in other words, being forbidden in public places, never sold to children and studied continuously for its health difficulties–then so be it.
I feel our country becomes much simpler when we allow for debate, we arrive at liberty, we provide choice, but we guide the results in the direction of a common good instead of cheering on the noisy rabble.
It is not a free country–it is a country of liberty.
And liberty requires that we offer one another choice … while allowing others to have an equal amount of choosing.
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