Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

DECEMBER 8 2018 WE ARE KILLING GOD! When last week I read about the sad situation with our insects, I was overcome with emotion: tears filled my eyes. It’s not that I have a special love for bugs – I … Continue reading →

December 1 2018 FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS. Jesus, in the prayer he left with us, created a lot of controversy: for instance: what actually is meant by DEBTS? Newer versions translate DEBTS as TRESPASSES and lately I have understood that … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 24 2018 WILL CLIMATE CHANGE ALSO BE A MIND CHANGER? Most of us humans are an optimistic bunch. Not I. Perhaps it is my age. Perhaps it is my upbringing. Perhaps it is my inclination, my religious outlook, which … Continue reading →

November 17 2018 TIKKUN A Jewish friend of mine, the late Dr. Harold Goldsman, who taught psychology at Concordia University in Montreal, gave me a number of TIKKUN magazines. The Hebrew word TIKKUN means “to heal, repair and transform the … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 10 2018 NOT HONORING THE EARTH MAKES GOD INTO AN IDOL Both Dietrich Bonhoeffer and J.H. Bavinck regard us humans as part of nature: God, the Earth and Humanity are not only mutually dependent but are so intimately connected … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 3 2018 DREAMS Last week I, 90 years old, had a dream that centered on an event that my subconscious told me happened close to 70 years ago. The curious aspect of this dream was that this was the … Continue reading →