Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

February 11 2023  IMPOSSIBLE: YET….. Last Sunday I was the reader in our struggling Presbyterian Church, built 135 years ago, with 250+ pews. I counted the attendees: 25, mostly older folk! My reading concluded with Matthew 5: 20, “unless your righteousness … Continue reading →

February 4 2023 DREAMS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND. When I was a toddler, my neighbourhood buddies called me a ‘dikkop’, a youngster whose head was too large. When I grew up, that ‘big-head’ anomaly disappeared.  Why this curious fact? Well, … Continue reading →

January 29 2023 PEACE One of Jesus’ most striking greetings is found in John 14: 27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” The world’s peace is nothing … Continue reading →

January 22 2023 THE END OF THE WORLD. I have a book by that name, written by Otto Friedrich, a former senior writer at TIME weekly. It was published in 1986, and I bought it that same year  on December … Continue reading →

January 15 2023 SHELTERING IN THE SHADOWS OF TOMORROW An incident, its details I have forgotten, has marked my life. I probably, once had an appointment, was quite late, and get such a severe scolding, that now, being on time, … Continue reading →

January 8 2023 BECOME LIKE A CHILD. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God above.’ In my Grail version of the Psalms, the Catholic Priest, Joseph Gelineau, who translated the 150 songs, comments on Psalm 13, “The … Continue reading →