I wrote the original version of the following story almost twenty years ago, as the second chapter in an anthology of short stories, Ten Lies and Ten Truths. I have rewritten parts of the story this week, to capture the new realities of History 2021 A Story Harrison...
I’m writing about a struggle I have almost daily: Focusing on deepening relationships vs accomplishing tasks on my To Do List. My friend and teacher, Ken Boa notes that there are two words in Greek which we translate into English as “time.” Both are ordained and...
We have just returned from two extended family events: our 38th year at a conference center’s Guest Period in the North Carolina mountains, and the celebration of a great aunt’s long and remarkable life in Vermont. The purpose of this short post is to extol families,...
This post is a collection of reflections occasioned by seeing my old friend Katya Krausova in Washington next week (weather permitting). I met Katya in the fall of 1968 when she, as a member of the first group of Czechoslovak students allowed to travel to the West...
Note: I apologize for the unusual length of this post. I tried to divide it into two or three parts, but I found that the key concepts work closely together and cannot be easily separated. I hope that you find the content and conclusions worth the read. We are in a...
With all of the troubling news in the world today, i thought I'd try something a little lighter this time, and it’s good to be able to point to something new and positive. I think that we’re witnessing a rare moment of evolutionary random action that could lead to...
Timothy Egan’s Op-Ed piece in The New York Times, of March 15, 2014, entitled “Paul Ryan’s Irish Amnesia”, tries to link 19th century English complicity in the Irish potato famine to Paul Ryan’s concerns about creating multi-generational government dependency in...
When the next major terrorist attack, natural disaster, or widespread power/water failure occurs—and at least one certainly will in the foreseeable future—effective command and control will be crucial for fighting back and implementing countermeasures. The terrible...
Secular Atheist Demolishes Darwinian Evolution Thomas Nagel is a University Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Law at New YorkUniversity. He is a well known secularist and atheist. And yet, in his new book Mind and Cosmos, or Why the...
Last week Mark Tidwell spoke at Ken Boa’s Bible Study in Atlanta. Please, when you have forty-two minutes, watch Mark’s talk at https://www.kenboa.org/video/2013-01-30-wed/--nothing I could write today will have the impact of Mark’s story. And he has a powerful...
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