Chuck Clevenger
@cclevenger.bsky.social
Dialog is superior to debate, cooperation to competition.
September 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Dialog is superior to debate, cooperation to competition.
The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
April 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
I am saddened by how our nation has treated Canada. I asked an online Canadian friend for a food bank in Canada that I could support. He suggested www.kvfoodbasket.ca. Please consider supporting them.
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The Kennebecasis Valley Food Basket offers a food pickup service. Pickup is available either Tuesday morning or Thursday evening.
www.kvfoodbasket.ca
March 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am saddened by how our nation has treated Canada. I asked an online Canadian friend for a food bank in Canada that I could support. He suggested www.kvfoodbasket.ca. Please consider supporting them.
Reposted by Chuck Clevenger
The pleasures of the rich are often acquired by the tears of the poor.
Tolstoy, A Calendar of Days.
Tolstoy, A Calendar of Days.
March 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The pleasures of the rich are often acquired by the tears of the poor.
Tolstoy, A Calendar of Days.
Tolstoy, A Calendar of Days.
I volunteer at a local food pantry. Recent gov't changes mean we will get less food for the hungry.
Cincinnati's largest foodbank will lose $2 million from a federal program that allows it to purchase from local farmers.
I guess we must sacrifice to pay for the tax cuts given to the rich.
Cincinnati's largest foodbank will lose $2 million from a federal program that allows it to purchase from local farmers.
I guess we must sacrifice to pay for the tax cuts given to the rich.
March 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I volunteer at a local food pantry. Recent gov't changes mean we will get less food for the hungry.
Cincinnati's largest foodbank will lose $2 million from a federal program that allows it to purchase from local farmers.
I guess we must sacrifice to pay for the tax cuts given to the rich.
Cincinnati's largest foodbank will lose $2 million from a federal program that allows it to purchase from local farmers.
I guess we must sacrifice to pay for the tax cuts given to the rich.
According to the World Inequality Database, since 1970, the world is 700% richer (as measured by GDP per capita).
The average person's income has increased by about 8% during that time. Meanwhile, the top 0.01% of earners have seen their incomes rise by 4000%.
What could possibly go wrong?
The average person's income has increased by about 8% during that time. Meanwhile, the top 0.01% of earners have seen their incomes rise by 4000%.
What could possibly go wrong?
February 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
According to the World Inequality Database, since 1970, the world is 700% richer (as measured by GDP per capita).
The average person's income has increased by about 8% during that time. Meanwhile, the top 0.01% of earners have seen their incomes rise by 4000%.
What could possibly go wrong?
The average person's income has increased by about 8% during that time. Meanwhile, the top 0.01% of earners have seen their incomes rise by 4000%.
What could possibly go wrong?
Competition is the primary cornerstone of capitalism.
I wonder what things would look like if we built our economic system based on cooperation instead?
I wonder what things would look like if we built our economic system based on cooperation instead?
February 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Competition is the primary cornerstone of capitalism.
I wonder what things would look like if we built our economic system based on cooperation instead?
I wonder what things would look like if we built our economic system based on cooperation instead?
God is angry w/ the wicked every day – Ps. 7:11
God’s anger last only a moment – Ps. 30:5
God’s anger last only a moment – Ps. 30:5
February 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
God is angry w/ the wicked every day – Ps. 7:11
God’s anger last only a moment – Ps. 30:5
God’s anger last only a moment – Ps. 30:5
Decades of research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveal that the quality of our friendships is the strongest predictor of longevity. Great relationships w/ friends means a longer life.
Is the same true w/ countries? Great relationships w/ allies means the country lasts longer?
Is the same true w/ countries? Great relationships w/ allies means the country lasts longer?
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Decades of research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveal that the quality of our friendships is the strongest predictor of longevity. Great relationships w/ friends means a longer life.
Is the same true w/ countries? Great relationships w/ allies means the country lasts longer?
Is the same true w/ countries? Great relationships w/ allies means the country lasts longer?
“When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.”
Benjamin Cremer
Benjamin Cremer
February 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.”
Benjamin Cremer
Benjamin Cremer
What a strange thing! Many scoundrels try to disguise their dirty deeds by their dedication to the interests of religion, or by their high morals, or by love for their motherland.
— Heinrich Heine
(quoted in "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy)
— Heinrich Heine
(quoted in "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy)
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What a strange thing! Many scoundrels try to disguise their dirty deeds by their dedication to the interests of religion, or by their high morals, or by love for their motherland.
— Heinrich Heine
(quoted in "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy)
— Heinrich Heine
(quoted in "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy)
There is a time for everything.
This is a time to mourn w/ those who mourn.
This is a time to mourn w/ those who mourn.
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There is a time for everything.
This is a time to mourn w/ those who mourn.
This is a time to mourn w/ those who mourn.
In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi published his list of Seven Social Sins. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
• Politics without principles.
• Wealth without work.
• Pleasure without conscience.
• Knowledge without character.
• Commerce without morality.
• Science without humanity.
• Worship without sacrifice.
• Politics without principles.
• Wealth without work.
• Pleasure without conscience.
• Knowledge without character.
• Commerce without morality.
• Science without humanity.
• Worship without sacrifice.
January 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi published his list of Seven Social Sins. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
• Politics without principles.
• Wealth without work.
• Pleasure without conscience.
• Knowledge without character.
• Commerce without morality.
• Science without humanity.
• Worship without sacrifice.
• Politics without principles.
• Wealth without work.
• Pleasure without conscience.
• Knowledge without character.
• Commerce without morality.
• Science without humanity.
• Worship without sacrifice.
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
January 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
January 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
January 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Reposted by Chuck Clevenger
Ohio State beat IU by 23 - then No. 1 Oregon by 21.
Notre Dame beat IU by 10 - then No. 2 Georgia by 13.
IU won the other 11 games on its schedule by 33.5 ppg, and beat Michigan ... which beat Ohio State and Alabama.
Conclusion: No more nonsense about #iufb not belonging in CFP.
Notre Dame beat IU by 10 - then No. 2 Georgia by 13.
IU won the other 11 games on its schedule by 33.5 ppg, and beat Michigan ... which beat Ohio State and Alabama.
Conclusion: No more nonsense about #iufb not belonging in CFP.
January 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ohio State beat IU by 23 - then No. 1 Oregon by 21.
Notre Dame beat IU by 10 - then No. 2 Georgia by 13.
IU won the other 11 games on its schedule by 33.5 ppg, and beat Michigan ... which beat Ohio State and Alabama.
Conclusion: No more nonsense about #iufb not belonging in CFP.
Notre Dame beat IU by 10 - then No. 2 Georgia by 13.
IU won the other 11 games on its schedule by 33.5 ppg, and beat Michigan ... which beat Ohio State and Alabama.
Conclusion: No more nonsense about #iufb not belonging in CFP.
Excessive focus on individualism has resulted “single-issue groups and special interest organizations to ensure that whatever else happens, our own personal views and our own private interests are protected.”
President Carter’s farewell address, Jan, 1981.
President Carter’s farewell address, Jan, 1981.
December 30, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Excessive focus on individualism has resulted “single-issue groups and special interest organizations to ensure that whatever else happens, our own personal views and our own private interests are protected.”
President Carter’s farewell address, Jan, 1981.
President Carter’s farewell address, Jan, 1981.
While the elites of college football whine about being excluded from the CFP and condemn IU for being included, has anyone considered the possibility that Notre Dame is REALLY good? #iufb
December 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM
While the elites of college football whine about being excluded from the CFP and condemn IU for being included, has anyone considered the possibility that Notre Dame is REALLY good? #iufb
Indiana University has been playing football since 1884. They have a record of 516-713 with 44 ties. No other college has lost so many games. (Kansas is next in line with 663 losses.) Hoping we win tomorrow!
#iufb
#iufb
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Indiana University has been playing football since 1884. They have a record of 516-713 with 44 ties. No other college has lost so many games. (Kansas is next in line with 663 losses.) Hoping we win tomorrow!
#iufb
#iufb
We look back at the Underground Railroad with admiration. Brave men and women broke the law to free slaves.
Will history look back at us and commend those who helped immigrants remain in our nation?
Will history look back at us and commend those who helped immigrants remain in our nation?
December 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM
We look back at the Underground Railroad with admiration. Brave men and women broke the law to free slaves.
Will history look back at us and commend those who helped immigrants remain in our nation?
Will history look back at us and commend those who helped immigrants remain in our nation?