Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

February 25 2023 AWAITING ‘THE DAY’. Frankly, I am completely captured by the prospect of eternity, that’s why I call myself an “Anthropos Teleios”, a human being always having the TELOS in mind, the very END of our civilization. Once … Continue reading →

February 18 2023 THE OLD TIME RELIGION: STILL GOOD ENOUGH? You may know that ‘old time religion’ song: Give me that old time religion,Give me that old time religion,Give me that old time religion,It’s good enough for me. It was … Continue reading →

February 11 2023  IMPOSSIBLE: YET….. Last Sunday I was the reader in our struggling Presbyterian Church, built 135 years ago, with 250+ pews. I counted the attendees: 25, mostly older folk! My reading concluded with Matthew 5: 20, “unless your righteousness … Continue reading →

February 4 2023 DREAMS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND. When I was a toddler, my neighbourhood buddies called me a ‘dikkop’, a youngster whose head was too large. When I grew up, that ‘big-head’ anomaly disappeared.  Why this curious fact? Well, … Continue reading →

January 29 2023 PEACE One of Jesus’ most striking greetings is found in John 14: 27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” The world’s peace is nothing … Continue reading →

January 22 2023 THE END OF THE WORLD. I have a book by that name, written by Otto Friedrich, a former senior writer at TIME weekly. It was published in 1986, and I bought it that same year  on December … Continue reading →