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    Invitation to Action
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Invitation to Action

    Never in my life can I recall having anxiety about the fate of our nation. As I consider our splintered attitudes, I fear that the moral...
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    Imagine IF. . .Shazam! We Actually Fix the System!
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Imagine IF. . .Shazam! We Actually Fix the System!

    Imagine if . . . Texas had enough money to update all public schools, pay salaries appealing enough to catch the eye of the brightest and...
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    Owning Responsibility
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Owning Responsibility

    I love this country. I value the fact that due to no effort or wisdom on my part I grew up in the United States. This country has been...
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    Salvaging At Risk Students
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Salvaging At Risk Students

    As a lifelong educator, hearing the term “school to prison pipeline” causes me to cringe. Imagining lines of young Black males walking...
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    America Now Stands on the Sidelines
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    America Now Stands on the Sidelines

    I heard someone claim, “You can’t lead from the sidelines.” While looking for the author of this quote, I found the following words from...
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    Responding to Challenges Times
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Responding to Challenges Times

    Every Sunday, the members of our church sing two important phrases. “This is the time we’ve been waiting for. We are the ones we’ve been...
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    What Controls Us: Legitimate Fear or Paranoia?
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    What Controls Us: Legitimate Fear or Paranoia?

    The Man walked His talk. However, although He admonished followers to “Consider the lilies of the field,” He did not suggest that we...
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    Marching Into the Gates of Hell
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Marching Into the Gates of Hell

    Stockpiling weapons for the purpose of defending home and family may sound like a solid plan. But, is it? In an effort to consider a new...
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    Deceiving and Destroying: Vouchers Versus Public Schools
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Deceiving and Destroying: Vouchers Versus Public Schools

    I wonder how many of us realize that a handful of very wealthy families actively spend time and money toward destroying public education?...
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    Keeping America Sane As Well As Safe
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Keeping America Sane As Well As Safe

    The current plan to keep America safe anticipates deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes. It seems like a good plan,...
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    Promoting Terror From Within
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Promoting Terror From Within

    During a CNN interview, Jake Tapper stated, “Our worst threats come from home-grown terrorists.” Journalist Peter Bergen added, “Every...
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    Why Did I Participate in a Women’s March?
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Why Did I Participate in a Women’s March?

    When asked if she would join a protest movement against the Viet Nam War, Mother Teresa replied that although she would not demonstrate...
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    RESPONDING TO TERRORISM WITHIN
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    RESPONDING TO TERRORISM WITHIN

    In the years following the 9/11 attacks, we changed as a people. Fear crept across our country invoking all manner of defensive...
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    WILL EVIL TRIUMPH?
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 1 min

    WILL EVIL TRIUMPH?

    Even in the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, most people still remember that Christmas — this holy day began as a celebration of...
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    Uniting All Americans
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Uniting All Americans

    It amazes me that some of us with lighter skin tones actually feel superior to our neighbors with darker complexions. How can anyone...
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    Living in Interesting and Challenging Times
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Living in Interesting and Challenging Times

    Each day, I remind myself, “We live in interesting times.” A second breath adds, “We live in frightening and uncertain times.” Can we...
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    Banishing the School to Prison Pipeline
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Banishing the School to Prison Pipeline

    Unfortunately, an undeniable connection exists between poverty (the universal crippler) and minority populations. Although separate...
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    Recognizing the Hoax of “Separate but Equal”
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 3 min

    Recognizing the Hoax of “Separate but Equal”

    “Separate but equal. That’s the way God wants us to live,” declared my Aunt Maggie. “Could this be right,” I wondered. “It doesn’t feel...
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    Walk the Talk By Relinquishing Fear and Worry
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 1 min

    Walk the Talk By Relinquishing Fear and Worry

    The Man walked His talk. Although He admonished followers to “Consider the lilies of the field,” He did not suggest that we stride...
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    Responding to Horror
    Barbara Frandsen
    • Jul 17
    • 2 min

    Responding to Horror

    How does any ordinary citizen respond to endless shootings? Blacks and Latinos in minority neighborhoods, police working in our streets,...
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