Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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I love this quote about race by Ruben G. Rumbaut. Race is an invention we created that has caused many real injustices. Sadly, most of us have been taught and indoctrinated to believe that there are different races of people, sort of like sub-types. In reality, we are all African-American, every single one of us. For some reason, my ancestors moved out of Africa long ago. I don’t know why. Maybe they couldn’t get along with anyone. Anyway, for whatever reason they migrated north and over tim...
Are you dreading the holidays this year? For some, the holidays are difficult times, especially if there have been recent losses of loved ones, divorces, separations, or loss of employment. Holiday traditions can be a harsh reminder of someone or something important that is now gone. If you are dreading the holidays, or know others handling difficult losses, join me for a unique gathering on Sunday, December 21 at 5 p.m. If weather allows, we will meet outside in my church’s courtyard, s...
One Book, One Kern Tehachapi Discussion: FIELD High School Students Share Insights about Immigration. Each year the Kern County Libraries select a book and encourage people to read it, then find a group in Kern County to discuss the book. This year’s book is Enrique’s Journey, written by Pulitzer Prize winner, Sonia Nazario. It tells the story of an unaccompanied minor and his dangerous pilgrimage from Honduras to the United States to find his mother, who went north to support her family. Whe...
You’ve probably heard some version of this inspirational starfish story: A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?,” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in they will...
Remember the fear you experienced watching Star Wars, when you first met Darth Vader – the heartless killing machine? Luke Skywalker was young and untrained, just naïve enough to not be daunted by the improbability of his success going up against vast imperial power. What a fool. Vader’s boss, the evil emperor, didn’t value human life only his ultimate power. Resistors and innocents were brutally killed. Fear and control was the religion of the empire. Into this violent world, a rag-tag bunch...
“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Romans 14:15b) Are your feet beautiful? Mine aren’t. I have injured toes from hiking and running and occasionally wearing ridiculous women’s shoes. Have you ever looked at the feet of professional dancers? They are pretty ugly. My beloved sacred dance instructor, Carla DeSola, had the most worn mangled feet and worn shredded bible I have ever seen. She could dance and interpret scripture through her graceful body like nobody else. T...
I am one lucky lady. I pastor the nicest group of people, and they allow me to travel to the ends of the earth in response to where the Spirit leads me. The crazy thing is, sometimes they even follow me! It was amazing going to Uganda a couple of months ago, with one courageous church member joining me. Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a couple of spiritual retreats and those who have gone with me have been mightily moved. If you haven’t wandered up the hill to meet the canonesses of t...
You’re resting in the hot, dusty, worn van with no seat belts, when an overly-friendly baboon decides to jump in and join you. Wait a minute, buddy, the van was already overcrowded, and that’s my seat! That’s someone else’s backpack you’re grabbing. Go back outside with the nearby warthogs and stop showing off your opposable thumbs! Welcome to Africa. Going on mission to Uganda was a trip of a lifetime. Seven years ago, I became acquainted with Aid Africa, before it was formally incorpora...
First it was the elephants... I couldn’t stand it when I began reading about people killing such noble animals just for their tusks. It reminded me of the horror on our American prairies when the buffalo were slaughtered for sport. Only this was worse. Elephants are so smart and very social. They can communicate with one another over long distances. They grieve when one of their own dies. Humans who weren’t smart enough to know what elephants know and had no appreciation for God’s great creat...
"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?...you should become fools so that you may become wise." (I Corinthians 3:16,18b) For many of us, our physical bodies, aka "God's temple" may not be in the best of shape. New Year's resolutions have come and gone. How's your temple doing? Is the Spirit thriving in you? I think Paul was onto something when he suggested we should become "fools" to become wise. Think about your foolish whims. What do you love to do? Are...
