“In His Image”
“And let them make me a sanctuary . . . “
When the God of Israel commanded (the priests) Moses to make the Ark of the Covenant – He charged Moses to “make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount” – The Exodus 25
The Ark thus fashioned [...]
Waking Up With Angels
It’s easy to forget what it is like to wake up with angels. – even when you are still living with them.
Perhaps it’s the fires that we all go through – the soot and the grime – the smell of smoke. The breaking.
When you have seen your angel after [...]
Music is just a part of the creation - there is color and texture and light, temperature and weather - and there are the tender mercies and graces, and they are all musical.
The rustle of leaves
The wind in the trees
A steady drop of water on stone
Or pool or tin
The crashing of the thunder
And the moaning [...]
Death is a Hunter
Death of a Nation
“What’s going to happen now? - Darkness?” The night was falling around us but in a very different way than our memory could recall.
The images, the shadows that stalked our awakening were upon us - closing in, surrounding us - hedging our escape. The air was stifled [...]
Isolation with Indulgence
Our modern prison system
When it comes to the point that you have to lock up your fellow man to protect yourself from him - and to protect him from you - and all the most well equipped standard bearers standing armed in the public square are mercenaries - and your prophets and priests [...]
The North Central Iowa Thinkers Society
I belong to he North Central Iowa Thinkers Society (NCITS) - however, I am presently the only member. I believe that there are others about who are thinking - but as of this writing they have not been asked to join - nor have they inquired about membership. [...]
Integrity in Governance
Dear Professor Fish,
Your insight is intriguing.
If I am to march towards certain death with my brothers in arms, and spend the lives of my children and my children’s children - then it is my sincerest hope that the individual walking before me as the standard bearer of my nation has [...]
The Watchman at the Gate
“In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.”
The Prophet Isaiah
Until very recent times, the gate of the City was the focal point of its defenses - and the safety and well-being of any people was secured through wisdom and prudence regarding what was or was not [...]
“Today’s special is………tolerance”
When you read the Gospels you rarely find Jesus expressing truth in list form. There are a few instances where Jesus does make something of a list in His expression of a certain idea. One of, or perhaps we should say, the most famous or well known, are the Beatitudes - [...]
Songs……, the songs of the soul……, – are inherent. We all sing, even the Orcs.
In the Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien describes their songs in these words, “Sam heard a burst of hoarse singing, blaring of horns and banging of gongs, a hideous clamour…”
A hideous clamour, indeed.
And of what do we [...]
