Haiti
The magnitude of the catastrophe that we simply refer to as “Haiti” is a study reserved for those with sufficient determination and resources to discover its roots and causes – and is an investigation that is not recommended for the faint hearted or the fearful.
Most of those involved with attempting to address the rescue and [...]
Holy Ground
It’s a paradigm shift – an anomaly in the matrix,
We are walking,
Yes we’re walking,
On Holy ground
I have never seen it like this before
More people are talking
More people are walking
And they’re headed for the door
We’re through the looking glass
Standing on the river’s shore
The beast is rising up
We can’t go back no more
The siren’s song comes [...]
Beautiful Feet
“How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.” – Paul, formerly Saul the Murderer
All too often we get sidetracked when we speak of religion, or the gospel, or spirituality, or mysticism. More often than not, when we are talking of these [...]
Enclaves
As the world around us becomes more wrought with strife – when the stress of expressing ourselves , our ideas; and our inner thoughts and heart is assailed on every side – so much so that we calculate our exposure of who we truly are – it is in these times and circumstances – these [...]
The Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America
If you havent read the transcript of the speech that President Barak Obama gave at his inauguration, then you have missed one of the great speeches of all time.
President Obama was quick to affirm and acknowledge what most of us understand by now, that [...]
Bring on the Russians!
Whether you prefer a white Russian or a black Russian – or perchance your vodka is served in a martini – or better yet straight with salt – or even more direct – “just give it to me straight!”
They say that Americans are – in the end – Americans – and when [...]
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. [...]
This is the House of One who Walks with Jesus
All are welcome who are walking in love and humility for there is no Enemy among us.
We dwell in peace and harmony for ours is a home of hearts and each one gives of his substance accordingly and everyone receives.
Our children are [...]
“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 – [...]
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 [...]
