Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

“GREAT EXPECTATIONS”. “Great Expectations” is the title of a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1860-61. The book relates the coming-of-age story of Pip, a young orphan, against the backdrop of 19th-century England, exploring themes of social class, ambition, love, and … Continue reading →

PROPHETS AND PREDICTIONS. In my ‘religion-dominated’ youth I was taught that every Christian was supposed to be ‘a prophet, priest and king’, a core Calvinistic concept. I can see myself as a priest, praying at mealtime, praying at bedtime. At … Continue reading →

PONDERINGS ON A PARABLE. What is a parable? My dictionary defines it as a simple story used to illustrate a certain truth. Off and one for decades I have tried to make sense of the Parable of the Ten Virgins. … Continue reading →

MAGA: MAKE AMERICA GRIEVE AGAIN. Matthew 24 calling. Color me nervous. Even more than that: color me alarmed. Even more than that: color me frightened, afraid of Climate Change causing food shortages, afraid of nuclear wars, ending in our total … Continue reading →

THE OLD TIME RELIGION: still good enough? I just reread an interview with Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2012-22, thus the former head of the Anglican Church. An erudite man, writer, poet: in short: a very polished … Continue reading →

THE OMINOUS THIRTY MINUTES OF SILENCE. On November 11 1918 history was made: the end of a murderous war, in which millions of young lives were callously killed in a dispute that had no other cause than stupidity and vainglory. … Continue reading →