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06/18/22 12:15 PM #1847    

Theodore John Forsberg

But of the three clowns you are the greatest. The Chicago news scene misses you .

 


06/23/22 08:51 PM #1848    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I am weeping for my country.


07/02/22 06:22 PM #1849    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

As we celebrate the 4th of July with family and friends this year, let us reflect on the fragility of our nation. There is much that is broken in our country, in our communities, in our government infrastructure. We harbor brokenness with family and friends as well. Let us open our hearts and minds to seek compromise on what divides us. Let us encourage and support our political leaders to demonstrate humility, and to work to bring healing to our fractured nation.

 


07/02/22 08:01 PM #1850    

 

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

Well said, Janis.

07/04/22 03:46 PM #1851    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

How much more evidence do we need to understand the despair in the U.S.?

How could a good guy with a gun have stopped the shooting in Highland Park?


07/05/22 10:45 AM #1852    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

We cannot, must not, absolve ourselves for our responsibility to do everything we can to see that all people can live peacefully and safely.


07/19/22 11:08 PM #1853    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."      
-- George Bernard Shaw


07/20/22 10:46 AM #1854    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

a classmate shared the following note: 
"And amongst the Jews in Germany leading up to WWII, the pessimists went to America. The optimists went to Dachau."

 


07/31/22 02:52 PM #1855    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)


There is no such thing as a Christian nation.
It doesn't exist.
It can't exist.
Not a chance.
Not with Christ.
For Christ cannot be nationalized. He refuses the platform. He rejects any and all power established through vote, people, government, or popularity. He seeks no political party, no people group, and no established system of organization. 
He cannot be colonized, weaponized, militarized, bulldozed into existence, marched down the street, hammered by a gavel, or flown over a stadium.
He dwells outside of walls, structures, and human constructs. He tears down all that would cage Him, franchise Him, leverage Him, and hoist Him upon a flag.
For Jesus lives in the margins, the cracks, the undefined, and the unconstituted. He cannot be legislated, demarcated, or plotted on a map. 
Far beyond theology, denominations, creeds, rules, religion, news networks, social media, speeches, conferences, prayer formulas, mission statements, worship centers, bibles, and books.
He is in all, and for all, or He means nothing at all. 
There is no budget that can commandeer him, no army that can assert Him, no democracy that can elect Him, no dictator that can enforce Him, and no office, house, branch, or anthem that can contain Him.
In fact, you can surely be sure that any person, group, or effort to nationalize Him is not of Him.
For you can nationalize hate.
You can nationalize greed.
You can nationalize racism.
You can nationalize violence.
You can nationalize injustice.
You can nationalize white supremacy.
But, you can't nationalize Jesus.
For Christ can't be nationalized, but all that is anti-Christ surely can.
Within every call, drumbeat, and chorus to nationalize Christianity is the screaming confession that, "we have not, believe not, and worship not Jesus."
Don't be fooled by all the pursuits of Christian nationalism and the establishment of a Christian nation. They have nothing to do with Christ and cannot exist with Him, by Him, or for Him.


-- with attribution to Chris Kratzer


 

 


08/05/22 11:35 PM #1856    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Thanks to you few who post - you bring perspective to the Forum.    
Thanks to you who lurk and take time to respond, albeit privately.    
Posting on the Forum provides the uncomfortable opportunity to communicate - I cherish it as a gift.    
Thanks always.

 


08/12/22 06:58 AM #1857    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Merrick Garland is a fellow Niles West alum.


08/13/22 10:57 AM #1858    

 

Holly Semiloff (Ciotti)

This is a Merrick Garland story, parts of which might be apochrophal:  He graduated in 1970, same year as my sister Diane.  He was the valedictorian (no surprise). I was at the graduation, and the seniors had chosen a "special speaker,"Lee Eiden (my sister's boyfriend) to speak.  Lee gets up and launches into a denunciation of the Vietnam War.  The principal yanks the plug on the microphone.  Pandemonium in the stands  -- hawks and doves.  Apparently, the mic is then turned back on and Merrick Garland, the "safe" valedictorian speaks.  He takes out a piece of paper with his speech on it, tears it up, and gives an impromptu speech on the First Amendment.

Quite a story, even if parts have gotten embelished in recent years.

I also heard that the year Obama nominated Garland for the Supreme Court, and that shameful debacle ensued, that the Niles West Class of 2016 (?) invited him to speak!!!  And he did.

 

Holly Ciotti (Semiloff)


08/14/22 04:59 PM #1859    

Rosalle Stemer

Wonderful story, Holly!


08/15/22 11:45 PM #1860    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Holly, do you know any stories about Liz Cheney?


08/16/22 01:27 PM #1861    

 

Holly Semiloff (Ciotti)

Ha, ha, no Liz Cheney stories.  What would I know about Wyoming????


08/16/22 09:36 PM #1862    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Liz Cheney is a woman of national consequence.


08/21/22 06:20 PM #1863    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

August 21, 2017, Billy Joel appeared onstage for an encore at Madison Square Garden wearing a yellow star on his black suit.


08/24/22 12:31 PM #1864    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

True Story:    
A contemporary told me his mom stopped going to the doctor because every time she went, he told her she was pregnant;    
she stopped going to church because God wasn't answering her prayers not to get pregnant again.

 


08/25/22 09:36 PM #1865    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"It is startling sometimes shocking, and occasionally humbling to listen to the views of diverse groups of people from our communities. In equal measure, you end up gaining insight into why our democracy works and wondering how it survives."          
-- Doug Jones

 


08/30/22 11:47 PM #1866    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

A picture's worth a thousand words.

 


09/06/22 09:41 AM #1867    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

One day, the phone rang, and a little boy answered.

"May I speak to your parents?"      
"They're busy."        
"Oh. Is anybody else there?"      
"The police."        
"Can I speak to them?"      
"They're busy."        
"Oh. Is anybody else there?"        
"The firemen."      
"Can I speak to them?"      
"They're busy."

"So let me get this straight -- your parents, the police, and the firemen are there, but they're all busy? What are they doing?"

"Lookin' for me."

 


09/07/22 05:09 PM #1868    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

  I scream,   
  You scream,   
  We all scream
  for ice cream.

 


09/08/22 10:59 AM #1869    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The palace is preparing the world...


09/08/22 12:54 PM #1870    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

QEII dies at 96.     
London Bridge is down.


09/08/22 01:14 PM #1871    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Prime Minister Liz Truss [who met QEII Tuesday (9/6)] speaks to UK, the Commonwealth, the world.

Long live the King.


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