Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

SPRING 2020 COUNTDOWN Before a satellite leaves the launching pad there always is a countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift off. And whoosh, amidst noise and flames, smoke and explosions, an enormous projectile is … Continue reading →

MID MARCH   THE BLACK SWAN The Black Swan. I have a book by that name, written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The subtitle is The Impact of the HIGHLY IMPROBABLE. The sudden appearance of the Coronavirus qualifies as completely unusual, … Continue reading →

END OF FEBRUARY 2020 THE TWO WITNESSES. The Lessing Version. We must remember that Creation – God’s handiwork – always wins: Jesus’ death resulted in resurrection; Creation’s death will bring total cosmic renewal. For my blog I often rely our … Continue reading →

FEBRUARY 15 2020 JUDGEMENT DAY Believe it or not – and chances are you are not going to believe it – we are on the final countdown approaching JUDGEMENT DAY. You may know that when the apostle Paul was in … Continue reading →

FEBRUARY 1 2020 TELL ME IF I AM WRONG…… But first….. Mere hours, after I had posted my 1,000th blog, I fell ill: a confluence of burn-out ( I had looked after my wife, suffering from dementia for more than … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 28 2019 THE STATE OF THE WORLD (2) This is my 1000th blog. From the year 2,001 through 2010 I wrote a weekly column in the Belleville daily, The Intelligencer, about 800 words each. I then combined two of … Continue reading →