Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

JUNE 23 2018 BE NOT AFRAID Lately I have been rereading a book a friend gave me: BEYOND THE MODERN AGE, written by Bob Goudzwaard and Craig Bartholomew. My first reading was more or less cursory, gaining an idea, trying … Continue reading →

JUNE 17 2018 This week I have a guest, Sylvia Keesmaat. I cannot possibly praise her adequately: she is simply the best biblical scholar alive today. She is an adjunct professor of biblical studies at the Institute for Christian Studies … Continue reading →

June 9 2018 DO ANIMALS AND TREES HAVE RIGHTS? But ask the animals, and they will teach you; or the birds of the air and they will tell you; or ask the plants of the earth, and they will instruct … Continue reading →

June 2 2018 ALLIS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. I was struck by a line in David Brooks’ column in the New York Times on May 25. He wrote, without further elaboration, “We’re in the middle of some vast historical transition, … Continue reading →

MAY 26 2018 THE CITY OF THE FUTURE. I once preached in our church on Jonah, and not finding a song about him I made one. Singing it on the tune of Psalm 8, “Lord, oh Lord your glorious name”, … Continue reading →

MAY 19 2018 SOME PERSONAL STUFF My roots. I am city-bred, first generation. Both my parents were the first and only ones of their combined six siblings to leave rural life and move to the city. There my aunts, uncles … Continue reading →