Subscribe:
RSS feed
The View from My Ship
The Christian Retreat Across Europe
Many of you will think of “Europe” and “godless” in the same breath. The land of Hitler and Stalin tried it’s best to stamp out Judaism and Christianity as they created fascist and communist dictatorships in the twentieth century. Let’s explore this a bit, since in the four hundred year+ relationship between us and the […]
Posted in: Christianity, see also Matters of Faith, History
How History Works
January 19, 2019
Historians for the most part pride themselves on returning to the original or primary sources in writing history. The second great principle at work in history is changing or updating your interpretations of what happened once you have established with some reasonable certainty that you got the names and dates right. In other words, we […]
Violence in Latin America
January 19, 2019
The latest immigrant crisis at the border between the U.S. and Mexico to keep us occupied over the past few months raised a serious question, not to say that the immigrant crisis is not serious enough. And the question begs some good answers in the U. S. media and among those who run this country, […]
Christmas, 2018
January 19, 2019
I am going to assume–always a dangerous thing to do–that the readers of this column occupy the spectrum of religion, from true believers to atheists. I am also going to assume that most of you have a Christian formation, all the way from the practicing Christians to those who may have wondered “what’s it all […]
Posted in: Christmas
The Significance of Work in Our Nation
January 19, 2019
I am going to do something I don’t do too often in our column, which is to plug a good book. I am not speaking of the Bible, the ultimate “Good Book,” which I refer to often and use as my instructional guide. But the book I am referring to has a lot of Biblical […]
When Did We Start Telling the World How to Behave?
January 19, 2019
Sometime between the middle of the nineteenth century and today, the U. S. turned from participating in the world of diplomacy and politics to dictating to the world how to behave. Let’s examine this phenomenon a bit since I get somewhat edgy telling people all over the world that they should be more like us, […]
Posted in: History
On Dogs and Dating Services
December 2, 2018
As I was checking out a few weeks ago with my $uper duper dog food at one of the several pet supply stores in town, I thought back a bit to when I was growing up. I think all pet food was in the local grocery store and the big choice was bags or cans, […]
Posted in: Education, Life in America
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Galatians 6:1“[Doing Good to All] Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.”
January 19, 2019
0