Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

December 6 2015 ARE WE READY FOR A PANDEMIC? A super El Niño is on the way. El Niño is Spanish for the child. It is the name climate scientists have given the occasional periods of Pacific Ocean warming that … Continue reading →

November 29 2015 COP 21: A COP-OUT? Tomorrow the much anticipated conference – COP 21- on Climate Change starts in Paris, the scene of these brutal attacks on innocent people a few weeks ago. Of course the word ‘innocent’ is … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 22 2015 PRAY FOR PARIS? PRIEZ POUR PARIS? There is a certain saying in Latin which today could refer to prayer: Deus ex Machina. It literally means “God out of the machine”. It comes from ancient drama where sometimes … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 15 2015 THE FUTURE OF WORK The late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saed Al Maktoum, longtime Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, once said: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I … Continue reading →

November 8 2015 FIRES, FIRES, EVERYWHERE. 2 Peter 3: 10 comes to mind. It says that: “…the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.” Just this past week I read … Continue reading →

November 1 2015 That dreaded number: 666. My NIV study Bible tells me that the most acceptable explanation for this number is that, as the number 7 signifies perfection the triple 6 indicates a valiant attempt to reach that perfect … Continue reading →