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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Have you ever been on the brink of disaster? Or, has the threat turned real; has the doom struck; has despair thrust your gaze into the abyss? Has darkness drawn you to it? Or—has it overwhelmed you? On this date in our Human History, it has been 10 years since one terrible day. It is a time to reflect upon much. No life evades darkness. As sure as...
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We cannot always hide from trouble pursuing us. Yet sometimes secrecy is prudent. So it happened in that distant forest long ago that a father and mother taught their boy how to look for them if trouble came and a separation was forced upon them. Here is how the lessons proved successful for Bentari. From chapter 4 “Ancestral Trail”: “At last, the ...
Read full postMonday, September 05, 2011
Do you remember how you used to argue (or fight) with your brother or sister when you were kids about who would do which chores? In my last blog entry, I proposed sharing “chores” here in the home of all Humanity—Our World. Sharing, as opposed to our common choice, war, is an option. Our hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed out the folly of pro...
Read full postSaturday, August 13, 2011
This passage is the final paragraph of Dr. Martin Luther King’s essay “The World House” in which he discusses the evil of racism, the scourge of poverty and finding an alternative to war. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is...
Read full postFriday, July 29, 2011
“The lush vegetation of a tropical forest is deceiving to modern man. The forest’s balance with nature works perfectly, but only for the forest, not necessarily for a population of humans. Land that grows towering forest trees can be found barely arable for the crops that humans wish to grow."—from Bentari , chapter 14 “A Tribe of Orphans” Benta...
Read full postSaturday, July 09, 2011
Thanks, Coach, for these kind words about Bentari ! I am so glad you enjoyed it. Coach joins a long list of educators who have read and praised Bentari . I am thrilled and very fortunate to know this man since 1963! From: Walter Aldridge <redacted> [Tim’s high school wrestling & track coach] To: Tim Brown <tim@bentari.com> Sent: Mon, July 4, 2011 1...
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From: Tristan To: tim@bentari.com Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 9:27:10 PM Subject: About Bentari Trying to pick up my teaspoon [1] , Uncle Tim. It’s so easy to become complacent in my worship of comfort and convenience. Always finding excuses to be stagnant. Money seems to be the answer to so many problems, so it’s discouraging to not have it. What I do...
Read full postSaturday, April 16, 2011
Dear Bentari Project Blog: Happy Birthday! You are a year old already. Like a dear child, you have been good for me. You have occupied me through many-a-busy day with care-giving duties that I have performed with no other feeling save love for you. You have called me in the night, and I have answered without thought of sleep. You have grown. You ha...
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From: Raja Afrika To: Tim@Bentari.com Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 11:18:35 PM Subject: Why Does the Caged Bird Sing? I think the caged bird sings because song lifts you up. Raja _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Thanks, Raja, for your uplifting response! Song is mighty. May it help to lift us all. If you have thoughts about “Why a caged bird sings,” please send them to...
Read full postFriday, April 08, 2011
Our journey takes us back—along the path through America’s history that sadly includes over two centuries of slave labor imported from Africa. Our journey takes us south—toward the Caribbean. Our journey takes us towards Jim Crow [1] times, when a People was treated with intentional cruelty and equally tragic neglect. These were the times in which ...
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