Drjmoorhouse

True or Truth? One of my favorite authors is Andy Andrews. You have heard me reference the first book of his that I read called The Traveler's Gift. A friend recommended it to me several years ago and ever since then I have been hooked! In Andrews’ most recent book, The Bottom of the Pool, he introduces a concept that I want to elaborate on, because I think it applies to where we are today. His writing highlights an understanding of the important distinction between what is true and truth! To make his point, he uses tomatoes as an example. The tomato plant is a member of the deadly nightshade family, and the household fruit was originally considered poisonous for over two hundred years. Andrews explains that Northern Europeans and American colonists held fast to the belief that the tomato plant was highly toxic. Who could argue the fact. No one, as the early settlers had seen dogs and cattle die after eating the tomato plant. That the tomato plant is highly toxic rem...

The Space Between I am writing from my dining room table after being cooped up, which is a feeling I am sure many can relate. In my semi-solitary state, I was reminded of a trip I took several years ago to Germany and Poland with the Tennessee Holocaust Commission.  On the trip, we traced the steps of the the first Jews affected by the Holocaust. We saw the site of the first deportations and we visited several concentration camps. It was at one of the camps that I snapped the following photos. Let me describe for you what you are seeing through these images. You are seeing a space between two fences. Behind one fence was where all the female prisoners were contained and behind the other fence was where all the male prisoners were contained. Both fences were electrified.  Then, there is the space in between. It was the story of this space that caused me to take the picture and of what I was reminded of today. As we stood at this location, our gu...