Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

NOVEMBER 9 2019 MY LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP I admit: I have a love-hate relationship with the church. There is this Latin phrase, “Ecclesia Reformata, Semper Reformanda”, which in everyday parlor means, “The Reformed Church, always Reforming.” Is that true? No. The … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 2 2019 UNDER THE WEATHER The phrase under the weather is a nautical term from the days of sailing ships. Any sailor who was feeling ill would be sent below deck to protect him from the weather. I have all the Hornblower books … Continue reading →

October 26 2019 DEATH. If you don’t like reading about DEATH (and most people don’t), you can skip this, but you can’t skip death. But first, some money-news. Last week all the financial brains in the world were in DC: … Continue reading →

OCTOBER 19 2019 RELIGION-LESS CHRISTIANITY. There’s a very telling text in the Bible, a wise reminder from the apostle Paul written to the sophisticated believers in the then world’s capital city, ROME, today still the headquarters of the Roman Catholic … Continue reading →

October 12 2019 “666” OR “777”? Oh, that mysterious number 666! How many have broken their brains to decipher it. Johan Herman Bavinck in his 85,000 word book on Revelation wisely avoids dealing with the number. Eugene H. Peterson, in … Continue reading →

OCTOBER 5 2019 THE GATES OF HELL….. Virgil said, “The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way.” C. S. Lewis echoed this, “The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without … Continue reading →