Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

THE CHURCH AND THE NATURAL WORLD. In my youth, there used to be an answer to the question of ‘how to live as a Christian’. The pat reply then was: “We live to honor God”. That was then acceptable, but … Continue reading →

WILL WE BE ALIVE IN 2025, WHO WILL SURVIVE, 2025? That’s the headline on ARCTIC NEWS, September 11 2024: Have a look. That such a headline can appear on a website maintained by top Arctic scientists, is, in itself, deeply … Continue reading →

THE LORD WILLING. A biography, of sorts. Next month I hope to reach my 96th birthday, DV, which stands for Deo Volente, the Latin for ‘The Lord Willing’. I once saw this DV limitation, on a note from a prominent economist, … Continue reading →

AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come. (Matthew 24: 14) I am pretty sure that theologians … Continue reading →

KNOW THYSELF That was the heading above the entrance to the Greek temple in Delphi: Gnoothi Seathon, Know Thyself, a quest we all are engaged in, whether we actually pursue it, or ignore it. I learned from translating a book … Continue reading →

BACH, VAN GOGH, SHAKESPEARE, AND GOD. But ask the animals, and they will teach you,    or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,    or let the fish in the sea inform … Continue reading →