Dax Franklin-Hicks
@daxemus.bsky.social
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Sonoran Desert Dweller, standing with others at the edges, celebrating my transmasc identity. In discernment for ministry—seeking to serve with love, justice, and radical inclusion. 🌵🌈🫶🏼
Sonoran Desert Dweller, standing with others at the edges, celebrating my transmasc identity. In discernment for ministry—seeking to serve with love, justice, and radical inclusion. 🌵🌈🫶🏼
10.) And the heart of it was the separation of power between various parts of the government. The whole idea, the whole idea was that no part of the government, no one person, no one institution had or could ever have a monopoly on power.”
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
10.) And the heart of it was the separation of power between various parts of the government. The whole idea, the whole idea was that no part of the government, no one person, no one institution had or could ever have a monopoly on power.”
9.) “This is important,” King said. “The cumbersomeness, the slowness, the clumsiness is built into our system. The framers were so fearful of concentrated power that they designed a system that would be hard to operate.
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
9.) “This is important,” King said. “The cumbersomeness, the slowness, the clumsiness is built into our system. The framers were so fearful of concentrated power that they designed a system that would be hard to operate.
8.) They also deliberately divided power between the different branches and levels of government.
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
8.) They also deliberately divided power between the different branches and levels of government.
7.) How did the Framers answer the question of who will guard the guardians? King explained that they built into our system regular elections to return the control of the government to the people on a regular basis.
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
7.) How did the Framers answer the question of who will guard the guardians? King explained that they built into our system regular elections to return the control of the government to the people on a regular basis.
6.) “The universal principle of human nature they understood was this: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
6.) “The universal principle of human nature they understood was this: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
5.) The Framers were “deep students of history and…human nature. And they had just won a lengthy and brutal war against the abuses inherent in concentrated governmental power,” King said.
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
5.) The Framers were “deep students of history and…human nature. And they had just won a lengthy and brutal war against the abuses inherent in concentrated governmental power,” King said.
4.) But, he pointed out, there is a paradox: the essence of a government is to give it power, but that power can be abused to hurt the very citizens who granted it. “Who will guard the guardians?” King asked.
February 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
4.) But, he pointed out, there is a paradox: the essence of a government is to give it power, but that power can be abused to hurt the very citizens who granted it. “Who will guard the guardians?” King asked.
3.) Why do we have a Constitution, King asked. He read the Preamble and said: “There it is. There's the list—ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
February 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
3.) Why do we have a Constitution, King asked. He read the Preamble and said: “There it is. There's the list—ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
2.) “An assault not on a particular provision but on the essential structure of the document itself.”
February 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
2.) “An assault not on a particular provision but on the essential structure of the document itself.”
Inch by inch - with others. I am not alone. Neither are you.
Protect your energy. Go where the love is. There is work to do. Together. Always together.
Protect your energy. Go where the love is. There is work to do. Together. Always together.
January 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Inch by inch - with others. I am not alone. Neither are you.
Protect your energy. Go where the love is. There is work to do. Together. Always together.
Protect your energy. Go where the love is. There is work to do. Together. Always together.
We connect one another to the stream, the under current that is running beneath all the noise - the steady stream that will nourish us for what is happening, what will happen.
I spent the last week nurturing and tending to myself and others. That is how I will do the next four years.
I spent the last week nurturing and tending to myself and others. That is how I will do the next four years.
January 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We connect one another to the stream, the under current that is running beneath all the noise - the steady stream that will nourish us for what is happening, what will happen.
I spent the last week nurturing and tending to myself and others. That is how I will do the next four years.
I spent the last week nurturing and tending to myself and others. That is how I will do the next four years.
We seem to be finding each other with increasing ease. Each time I look up, I meet eyes with people who are looking for people. And we do small things together that open up the relationship connection to reach out to one another for the big things - we will need each other for big things.
January 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We seem to be finding each other with increasing ease. Each time I look up, I meet eyes with people who are looking for people. And we do small things together that open up the relationship connection to reach out to one another for the big things - we will need each other for big things.