Category Archives: Our World Today

May 23 2013 WHAT MOVES ME TO WRITE MY COLUMNS? (Part 1) Last week I went back to one of my older books, a book our oldest son gave to me in 1987. It was Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination. … Continue reading →

May 5 2013. How to prepare for COLLAPSE I have given myself an almost impossible assignment. Who wants to talk about COLLAPSE? Most of the people I know – and that includes my wife and me and our immediate family … Continue reading →

March 10 21013 The Future isn’t what it used to be When I left the army in April 1951 – I was conscripted in 1949 and served for 18 months – I was engaged to my future wife, in my … Continue reading →

February 17 2013 Comparing the 14th Century with the 21st Century Why would I compare our century with one of 700 years ago? Since I have no TV, blame books, which I read all the time. The culprit in this … Continue reading →

February 10 2013 The Lord’s Prayer and the Church’s blind spot. 2000 years ago a mysterious star- indicating the birth of a king- guided three kings to Jerusalem. There they went to see the real source of power, Herod the … Continue reading →

February 3 2012 HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE? One of the most e-mailed articles in the New York Times issue of January 28 had this opening paragraph: “A couple of weeks ago, on a leisurely Sunday afternoon, 40 people gathered … Continue reading →