Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

THE EMPEROR AND THE PRESIDENT. Authentic Intelligence revealed. There is this curious Bible story, worth retelling, because in it I see a striking parallel with Washington today. It is found in Daniel 5. There Emperor Belshazzar, the President Trump’s prototype … Continue reading →

MY PRIORITIES IN LIFE Donald M. Murray, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and writing coach, famously articulated that “all writing is autobiography” in his 1991 essay of the same name. He argued that all writing—whether fiction, poetry, or journalism—is connected to … Continue reading →

THE THREE WORDS OF THE LORD.                 Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a creative and thus daring mind. Yes, it takes ‘daring’, courageous tinkering, to be different. Well, he was unique, and, in the end, it cost him his life, at the age … Continue reading →

MUSINGS ON ‘METANOIA’. Why, in the world, would I choose such a topic? Just like you, I want to be popular and quoted, so why such a mysterious heading? Well, bear with me. My quest this week, is to rectify … Continue reading →

TIPPING POINTS. What are tipping points? They are thresholds where just a small push can propel a system, a person, a society, a church even, into a totally different state, sometimes with no possibility of return. Take a simple example … Continue reading →

THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS. ­ This week reminded me of WAR. Visions of wartime welled up in me. I vividly remember May 10 1940, now more than 85 years ago, the day Germany invaded the Netherlands. That day … Continue reading →