Category Archives: Harbor

Harbor: Basic Safety

We are likely familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.  As it goes, it proposes that human beings have layered kinds of needs and that some are more basic than others.  By basic, it means that until those most basic needs are taken … Continue reading

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Harbor for the Other

The Hebrew scriptures are full of instructions on how citizens of the land ought to treat immigrants.  The core of the teaching seems to hinge on this:  treat the other (immigrant, alien, wayfarer)  with the same laws, same justice, same … Continue reading

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Harbor: Flowers and Guns

Perhaps by now you have seen this video interview of a French father and son about the tragedy in Paris.  The boy appears to be no more than about 4 years old.  The reporter wants to know if he understands … Continue reading

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Harbor: Mine for yours?

Like everyone else, I am deeply disturbed, to my core, over the terrorist attack on Paris. Only minutes after first learning of it on Friday night, Lydia and I lit a candle on our home altar which is still burning … Continue reading

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Harbor: Perfect Place

Our First Principle says that every person has inherent worth and dignity and yet I wonder how often we truly think this about ourselves. I can only speak for myself, but I am very familiar with SWC – shoulda, coulda, … Continue reading

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Harbor: Welcome Home!

Welcome Home! I love to travel, and I love to come home. When I leave my house for an extended time, I actually say out loud, “Bye house!” And when I return, I say, “Welcome home!” How often have you … Continue reading

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Harbor: In Lak’ech

In Lak’ech Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me. Si te hago daño a ti, If I do harm to you, Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. Si te amo y respeto, … Continue reading

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