Coffee on the Porch 05.20.25

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Show Notes For May 20, 2025

We actually talked very little about politics this week. I did remind folks that Dan Fogelberg had a very similar kind of aggressive prostate cancer to Joe Biden. And yes, it’s very possible to have “Stage 4” and not realize it. That is exactly what happened to Dan…

I talked about our ongoing Dallas Clergy Vigils outside of ICE. Here’s the statement I reference from my clergy sister, Rev. Amy Spaur.

Added bonus.
Here in Dallas, there’s a lot of online chatter about gentrification. Our resident KPUMC historian, Dr. Andrew McGregor, is here with some history and analysis of how to look at gentrification through the long lens of history, and into our present day:

Addressing Gentrification: History, Power, and Community in a Dallas Neighborhood

Songs for the Morning

”Even When the Light Is Low”
Tom Prasada-Rao

”We Are Each Others Angels”
Chuck Brodsky