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April 15, 2020

Let's be hopeful in the time of Covid-19

Covid-19 is a rapidly and continually changing topic.  Anything talked about today will be out of date come tomorrow morning - but this is an important topic even with the ever moving target. This week's podcast was recorded on 4/4/2020 - an…

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April 1, 2020

The Great Triggering

“Hard times create strong men.Strong men create good times.Good times create weak men.And, weak men create hard times.” — G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain We have had it very well here in the United States recently.  …

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March 25, 2020

Transgender Athletes

I will admit I debated this one for a long time before I brought this to the other guys.   When I originally had the idea for Use Your Words, this topic was one that was on my list to eventually get to but to tread with caution at the same t…

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March 23, 2020

Imagine If Celebrities Were Relevant

“Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the people sharing all the world” — Imagine The irony of those lyrics being sung by rich celebrities this week was not lost on…

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March 18, 2020

How do you mourn an imperfect person?

On January 26th, 2020 it was revealed that Kobe Bryant and his daughter were on a helicopter which crashed, killing all aboard.  Being one of the most well known basketball players, Kobe was mourned worldwide after his death - so much so that…

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March 11, 2020

What do you give up for Lent?

In the Christian calendar, one of the most interesting times of the year is Lent.  It is one of two times of the year that, like advent, is less about the actual time and more about the time that is being looked forward to.  One of the t…

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March 9, 2020

Be prepared - not scared regarding Sars-CoV-2

Recently the world has been gripped with fear due to the new Novel Coronavirus.  In fact just using the word Corona is something feared as some people - a very small percentage - refuse to order a corona beer in public due to the connection t…

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March 4, 2020

Melanin over merit?

“I’m sorry. Just because your born with wonderful white pale skin that glows in the sunlight under a bright moon does not mean that you have more abilities, powers or privileges then the rest of us in the US.” — Paul Anyt…

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Feb. 28, 2020

Should We Be Afraid Of 5g Technology?

January 25th, 2020 was an ordinary day.  It was a beautiful Saturday in SE Wisconsin - cold, snowy but overall a nice day for January in Wisconsin.  The 25th was also the Saturday in January that our Pathfinder group agreed to meet and p…

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Feb. 26, 2020

Why Truth Matters

We have a problem in America. No it's not the constant bombardment of political ads, fake news, or even the Covid-19 virus.  Those things are far more easier to tackle then what is going on. We have an issues in America - and the world to b…

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Feb. 24, 2020

Alabama legislator proposed vasectomies for all men over 50 or with three children

At the start of 2020, the label of interesting to watch state of the moment went to Virginia with regards to the attempted banning of firearms by the state legislators.  From the spotlight of the country put on the proposed laws, to the peace…

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Feb. 22, 2020

Should there be a limit to speech used in conversations?

I was having dinner with some friends recently - when one of them made a comment that the last podcast was borderline. Now he wasn't saying the subject itself was borderline but the examples that came up were in and of themselves borderline of bei…

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Feb. 21, 2020

Why Use Your Words?

1983 - 2013 I wish I could say I always believed in honest and open conversation without the need or necessity to censor words and/or topics. As a teen I was under the impression that I was not allowed to address controversial topics du…

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