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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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. It [...]
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. [...]
“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 – “Blessed [...]
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 [...]
