Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

THE OLD TIME RELIGION: still good enough? I just reread an interview with Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2012-22, thus the former head of the Anglican Church. An erudite man, writer, poet: in short: a very polished … Continue reading →

THE OMINOUS THIRTY MINUTES OF SILENCE. On November 11 1918 history was made: the end of a murderous war, in which millions of young lives were callously killed in a dispute that had no other cause than stupidity and vainglory. … Continue reading →

HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?                        The perennial question. In detective stories, the principal character, the celebrated investigator who always, in the end, nails the culprit, often lets the reader know that there is no such thing as coincidence: every occurrence, … Continue reading →

CHRISTIANITY: SOME OBSERVATIONS . People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. Amos 8: 12. There is a Latin saying, “Si vis … Continue reading →

THE LAST THINGS. A recent poll found that 40% of Britons have not read a book in the last year. “The literary era has come to an end,” Philip Roth prophesied in 2000. “The evidence is the culture, the evidence is the society, … Continue reading →

ANY CHANCE FOR CHANGE? New Pope, old church. New President, old hat. New economy, old problems. New climate, old approaches. There is this song: Abide with me, fast falls the eventideThe darkness deepens, Lord with me abideWhen other helpers fail … Continue reading →