Tag Archives: Integrity

Leadership, Patton and Jesus

January 7, 2021Bible, Get on your feet, Thursday posts2 Kings 5:1, Embodiment, George S. Patton, Honesty, Integrity, Jesus, Leadership, Luke 23:47, Luke 4:27, Luke 7, Naaman the Syrian, Reincarnation, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

From a 03/31/08 e-mail to my supervisor at the dollar store. This was a young man who had never had a paying job before, and thus certainly no experience in supervision; and I had a mind to give him some pointers on the nature of leadership. Previous conversations had already established that he regarded himself as a devout Christian.

If you’ve never seen it before, I’d urge you to see the movie Patton (link to Wikipedia). Actually, I’d urge you to buy a copy (link to Amazon).

Luke 7:

²A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. Continue reading Leadership, Patton and Jesus →

Podcast – What do you look for in a candidate?

August 25, 2020OUR BEST POSTS, Podcast, Politics, The William Tell ShowCompetence, Donald Trump, Elections, Integrity, Intelligence, Likeability, Looks, Orrin Hatch, Policies, RapportWilliam Tell

I would have voted for Orrin Hatch.

What do you look for in a candidate?

Music: Neil Diamond, “America”

Danny has two sides.

July 18, 2020HomelessnessBlackness, Christianity, Coronavirus, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Nightmares, Promiscuity, T. D. JakesWilliam Tell

This is not the same Danny I’ve referred to before.

Continue reading Danny has two sides. →

Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on.

October 31, 2017Get on your feet, Homelessness, OUR BEST POSTS, Poverty, The Way of PeaceFaith, IntegrityWilliam Tell

Major life changes may be imminent, including a reversal of the processes whereby I became homeless.

The correct writing for me at this time is the next several chapters of The Way of Peace. These will appear on Saturdays, but not necessarily in quick succession and not necessarily very soon. They will be brief, but are a challenge to me to write; as history shows, since they will basically be the same today as when I first conceived them in 2010.

The Way of Peace appears to be the talk I must walk.

Smoking, part 1

January 26, 2017SqualorFree will, God's plan, God's will, Integrity, Parable of the Talents, Smoking, Stewardship, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

(Originally published 09/28/13 at Trojan Horse Productions. Republished here 10/31/13.)

(Saying “part 1” just in case. There may or may not be a part 2, etc., in the future.)

My patronage has changed, and as a result I must quit smoking. As of 09/27/13, I have not managed this very well. As a result, I’m now in a terrific financial bind.

Forget about not having any more money for smokes; in this coming week, for financial reasons, I may have to spend several nights at a much less desirable shelter; where I don’t want to use the bathroom, haven’t figured out how to shower, and clean clothes aren’t available every day. Then there are the issues of getting prescriptions filled and buying disposable underwear, of which I’m almost out.

Motivation doesn’t matter when one’s facing necessity. However, I have had ample reasons for motivation:
Continue reading Smoking, part 1 →

About the widow and the judge

November 26, 2016Bible, Homelessness, JusticeCoherence, Congruence, Doubt, Faith, historical Jesus, Integrity, Jesus, Lasers, Luke 18:1-8, Panentheism, Parable of the widow and the judge, PrayerWilliam Tell

Many people are skeptical about prayer.

How many have prayed fervently, day and night, for an ailing loved one, and never obtained the desired outcome?

The parable of the widow and the judge promises, “[W]ill not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them.” For African Americans, that deserves to be laughable.

No one has ever lived, nor is ever likely to live, more expert in prayer than Jesus. I cannot believe he set forth a teaching either so completely wrong in itself or so subject to complete misunderstanding.

So what is wrong, and what is right?

Continue reading About the widow and the judge →

I’m in love.

May 30, 2016Clippings, Local news, National mediaAllen Pinkney, Alonzo Gorham-Ramos, Anti-racism, Beauties, Blackness, Change your diet, Integrity, Kimberly Leto, Pandering obscenity, Rachelle Wood, Racism, Word of the DayWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Rachelle Wood • Barry Bonds’ hypocrisy • Kimberly Leto sentence

Continue reading I’m in love. →

* Leadership, Patton and Jesus

February 11, 2015Bible, Get on your feet, OUR BEST POSTS2 Kings 5:1, Embodiment, George S. Patton, Honesty, Integrity, Jesus, Leadership, Luke 23:47, Luke 4:27, Luke 7, Naaman the Syrian, Reincarnation, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

If you’ve never seen it before, I’d urge you to see the movie Patton (link to Wikipedia). Actually, I’d urge you to buy a copy (link to Amazon).

Luke 7:

²A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. Continue reading * Leadership, Patton and Jesus →

* Smoking, part 1

October 31, 2013SqualorFree will, God's plan, God's will, Integrity, Parable of the Talents, Smoking, Stewardship, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

(Originally published 09/28/13 at Trojan Horse Productions.)

(Saying “part 1” just in case. There may or may not be a part 2, etc., in the future.)

My patronage has changed, and as a result I must quit smoking. As of 09/27/13, I have not managed this very well. As a result, I’m now in a terrific financial bind.

Motivation doesn’t matter when one’s facing necessity. However, I have had ample reasons for motivation:
Continue reading * Smoking, part 1 →