I really do want to be fair, so I am going to examine one or two of my assumptions – yet again. I do that every time I am challenged … … well, most every time. We are not primarily… Continue reading

Born this day in 1903 — George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950), a very complicated and creative mind whose works have been cited by many who would not have agreed with his views then or now. via… Continue reading

"When conflicting viewpoints arise in a circle of trust, we arrive at a critical moment. Now we can easily slip back into business as usual … trying to talk each other into, or out of, some opinion. Now we may… Continue reading

"I believe in God as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." -CS Lewis In I Kings 19, Elijah is on the run, tired, discouraged, depressed, afraid… Continue reading

The first great controversy in the early church was over making sure all people were treated fairly and equitably. This led to the first appointment of official servants whose job was to administer ministry (service) and this, in turn, led… Continue reading

Kathleen Peterson, https://www.kathleenpetersonart.com Filled with Awe “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, ‘What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’” -Mark 4:41 It was when Jesus brought calm that the… Continue reading

I've fallen down the rabbit hole into a dystopian "wonderland" of bizarre relativism. Can someone pinch me back into reality or has the whole world set aside any perspective on truth and compassion? "Truth is whatever supports my world view?"… Continue reading

CHAP. VII. The Passion of St. Alban and his companions, who at that time shed their blood for our Lord. Bede’s account from The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (1. 7) of the martyrdom of Alban, probably under the Diocletian persecutions… Continue reading