Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

SEPTEMBER 20 2015 HOLLOWED BE THY NAME What keeps my mind busy this week? After 10 weeks of intensive translating, consulting dictionaries, trying some different literary devices, going back and re-reading what I have written, it is ‘weeds’ that now … Continue reading →

THE ANTICHRIST September 13 2015 The Republican Party in the USA, or perhaps more correctly, its mostly Christian component, believes that President Obama is the forerunner of the Antichrist, just as John the Baptizer was the forerunner of Jesus Christ. … Continue reading →

SEPTEMBER 6 2015 THOUGHTLESSNESS In one of her book Hannah Arendt describes the concept of thoughtlessness, the failure to gauge the consequences of one’s actions. She wonders whether this is the root of all evil. Perhaps she is right. It … Continue reading →

AUGUST 30 2015 HOW ACCURATE IS REVELATION, THE LAST BIBLE BOOK? For the last 2 months I have been translating a Dutch book on Revelation. The book’s original title is: En Voort Wentelen de Eeuwen , which I have translated … Continue reading →

AUGUST 23 2015 WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING? I am somewhat of a news freak. Each day I read the New York Times, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail (Toronto) and several other news sources. All on line, … Continue reading →

AUGUST 16 2015 THE EARTH IS ANGRY Almost every night, for a few minutes, I watch an American channel because it reports the ongoing weather disasters in the USA. And there are plenty of them this year. Last week I … Continue reading →