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 [...]
Father’s Day
Part 1
On Thursday, June 14 - Ruth Graham Bell went to be with Jesus. She was a pillar in the house, and the body of Christ will miss her earthly presence - for to find someone who is willing to do anything at any cost for a calling and a profession is [...]
The mundane, the profound, and the profane
The Mundane
Webster says this about the mundane:
Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Anglo-French mundain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world
2 : characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary : COMMONPLACE <the mundane concerns of day-to-day life>
synonym see [...]
Part 1
When I was a child, I could pretty much be bought for the smallest of trinkets. Our family was poor from time to time, but I don’t think that this was the reason - things that glitter have a special attraction for children. Most children will even work harder [...]
No doubt you have heard this before.
The two US Senators were on the road, and it was time for bed. It was a bit awkward, but they finally came around to agreeing to pray for the night.
The first Senator suggested that they pray “The Lord’s Prayer” - whereupon the second Senator looked at him [...]
