Christyl Rivers

1 week ago | medium.com | Christyl Rivers

Are we against WOKE now? As Christ says: “They know not what they do.”Easter is rolling around again. Folks who celebrate Easter are of a very, very mixed bag. Talk about diversity and woke DEI. Many Christians who follow Creation Care, are humble, striving to be less wasteful with the Earth and more sharing of Earth’s bounty. We can also think of Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hanhs’ s, “Beloved Community.”Then there is the other extreme, Prosperity Gospel and fundamentalist extremists.

1 week ago | medium.com | Christyl Rivers

Up, then down, rain, then sun. Scary town*, pain, then stun1 day agoHe is our Drain — too exhausting to explainHe’s our Undone — until fairer world is wonTo the tune of The Itsy, Bitsy spiderThe itsy, bitsy marketWent up the water spoutOut came Our DrainAnd washed the market outUp came Undoneand the market climbed againSo, the wobbly, bobbing market panicked the world again*clown? Please clap, follow, highlight, or comment for Rivers of appreciation

1 week ago | medium.com | Christyl Rivers

Could there be a more benevolent Dalai Lama than Dolly Parton? Like the Dalai Lama, Dolly Parton is about as well-loved and benevolent as a person can become. First of all, she is already named Dolly. She is especially loved by people the world over who appreciate kindness, talent, literacy, compassion, and a really good sense of humor. The present Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso is also playful, and in 2023, his goofing around humor caught him in a bit of a pickle.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Christyl Rivers

Colors running in the street: red, white, and blue…Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD. Personal note, I will be gone on spring break for the next few weeks. It doesn’t mean I am “disappeared.” So far. KEEP ON ROCKING in the free (?) worldColors running in the street, as the old Neil Young song said. Will we keep rocking in the free world?

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Christyl Rivers

A lot of times, women are called bad names. You already know most of them from the A to the B to the C word. And more. Here is a handy slang list for you, because you can’t possibly remember them all at once. Nevertheless, these words exist. They are part of our world. No polite people use the N word anymore, for example, but it is certainly a historical marker that tells us that language evolves. Cultural norms change.