Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

May 10 2020 IS RELIGION STILL RELEVANT? God’s peace be unto you. On March 10 1965 I bought Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship, new, for $1.45. It’s now a tattered copy, held together with black tape. That was 55 … Continue reading →

MAY 1 2020 FORTUNATELY: THE END IS NEAR. My closest birthday is 92. I can unequivocally state that ‘my end is near.’ I may have a few years left, but I am a finite being: someday, perhaps soon, my perishable … Continue reading →

APRIL FOOL’S MONTH (3) THE END IS IN THE BEGINNING This is how the Bible starts: “In the beginning…. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was … Continue reading →

APRIL FOOL’S MONTH (2) CRISIS The word ‘crisis’ is pure Greek. It means ‘decision’, it means stop and choose: going one way or another. By now most of us know that the old way of burning carbon and so disrupting … Continue reading →

APRIL FOOL’S MONTH (1) MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL…. A long time ago when media songs still had some sing-able content, “Money is the root of all evil…..take it away, take it away,” was quite popular. Of course … Continue reading →

SPRING 2020 COUNTDOWN Before a satellite leaves the launching pad there always is a countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift off. And whoosh, amidst noise and flames, smoke and explosions, an enormous projectile is … Continue reading →