Posted in Character, Adoption, Race on Jan 25th, 2009 Discussion »
Most of you know that I have red hair. Bright red—but not quite clown-like—and now a bit more white than I’d care to admit. In spite of my dear parents’ best efforts, I grew up hating my hair—because everyone else seemed to hate it to. But I couldn’t figure out why.
Posted in Politics, Race on Jan 19th, 2009 Discussion »
People are flawed and so I’m not much for hero worship. When even Christmas is watered down to be more about buying out the Walmart toy aisle than it is about Christ, it seems to smack of political correctness to choose Martin Luther King, Jr., as the only human on the planet deemed worthy to […]
Posted in Character, Becoming, Race on Apr 26th, 2008 Discussion »
Elder Wirthlin’s talk in General Conference hit me hard for multiple reasons, but one is not obvious to those who don’t know my family well.
My family is Wonder Bread in the bakery section of life. My wife, our six children and I are not just white; we have been called transparent. However, our […]
