I am a Christian. For me it would be impossible to be otherwise. I cannot separate myself from my upbringing. I do not think that I would if I could. My world view is conditioned by Christian thought forms and evaluations. However it has been many years since regular attendance at Sunday worship services. …
And the subtext to “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” is……………. If you grew up in the South, you will get the point. Someone said, History is like old National Geographic magazines, it just keeps piling up. While one may intellectually “move on” from horrific events, a subterranean emotional residue remains. Seems to me that having…
This post is by Michael, a guest contributor. It is offered as an appeal to reason, and to good will in order to address the collapsing dialog between conservatives and liberals in our country. These good words are a call to self reflection. BLUE STATE, red state. Big government, big business. Gay rights,…
Friday July 1st, the holiday weekend begins. We made our way to Kraklauer Park. Annually our town holds a four day community festival on the spacious lawn adjacent to Santa Maria church. A big circus-sized tent is pitched and filled with picnic tables. Outside is a lineup of local food vendors. I walked over…
I awakened on Sunday morning. My first thought of the day, on Thursday a majority of Brits decided to leave the EU. The European Union is a block of nations that have agreed to use a common currency, to establish a common regulation of trade, and to have open borders easing the movement of…
I envy the ancient Greeks of Attica, particularly the freemen and citizens of Athens. They lived in a god-infused world. Not us. We inhabit a sterile, positivistic world. According to logical positivism only that which can be empirically measured, mathematically accounted for has ontological status. The mystery of being is fed into a reductionistic…
The Atlantic published an article on The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel. This compilation of technological achievements reached back 6000 years thereabouts. Wendell Berry has said that it was a tool or a weapon that has been the prime mover of change in human history. That is a reasonable assessment as far as…
This past Tuesday evening I participated in a discussion with friends. The topic was Nihilism. The topic held a particular resonance for me. Just days ago word came that Prince was found dead. Shakespeare speaks to the brevity of life and the challenge of Nihilism. Out, out brief candle. Life is nothing more than…
