I had lunch with a good friend this week, and we lamented the demonization today of almost every public figure by some group or other public figure. Since I’ve written two novels about demons and spiritual warfare, with the second, Nation On The Edge, set in...
Over the past few weeks I’ve run into the term “Inclusive Christianity” on several occasions, and in each case the speaker celebrated its wisdom and virtues. I have to ask: Is this phrase a buzzword, a term of art, or a new theological construct? As if God’s greatest...
Think of this post as an attempt to look about a month into the future. I’m writing this on Monday, April 7th, as the stock market continues to plunge following the announcement of Trump’s sweeping tariffs late last week. As will be obvious to a regular reader of this...
Given my personal history with the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine, starting in 1969 as a graduate student and then ministry in Kyiv in 1991 and running real estate offices in both capital cities in the exciting days of 1991-2013, I am often asked what we should now...
I’m sure that Elon Musk is smart. More importantly, President Trump thinks Elon is smart and apparently listens to him. I’m therefore addressing this post to Mr. Musk in hopes that he can convince the President that he’s about to make terrible mistakes on...
I don’ know about you, but I’m both cautiously optimistic and nearly exhausted by recent events here in our country. And about the last thing we need is another opinion piece on this or that, so I’ll keep this brief. All I ever want is the truth. I believe that for...
As we prepare to turn the calendar to 2025, and as I prepare to turn 78, I have written down a group of Hopes/Prayers for the coming year, and also a group of Personal Resolutions. You know I’m a follower of Jesus, who transformed me forty years ago, and that we live...
This short monthly post is meant to be a postscript to a longer essay I wrote nine years ago, which focuses on two “big picture” aspects of Thanksgiving. I just re-read it, and I don’t think I’d change a word. Please take a minute to read the earlier post, Why...
It’s twelve days before the 2024 Presidential election, so as I write this monthly post I have no idea who the winner will be. But if Donald Trump is elected, itwill be mostly because he has a huge, loyal following, but in part because many Democratic policies of the...
Everything has become way too complicated. I understand it will usually be that way in science, engineering, and technology, but I’m focused here on our personal lives and on national programs and policies. Instead of adding amendments, clarifications and exemptions...
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