That chill in the air

That chill in the air

We’ve all gone to a meeting that was required or at least strongly encouraged. Maybe it was informative, maybe it was boring beyond all human tolerance. Similarly, we’ve, most of us, attended social functions which were enjoyable or, at times, GMO’s (ghastly moral...
As the Spirit Moves

As the Spirit Moves

Around 700 BC, a young Jewish man sees a vision which radically alters the course of his life from that moment and for the next 60 years. Here’s his account of it: “In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Master sitting on a throne – high, exalted! – and the train of...
We can do this

We can do this

We are, indeed, a peculiar people. We take smug, devilish delight in creating stereotypes of all sorts of persons in positions of authority, typically casting them in gloom, if not some level of horror: the Boss, always demanding, but with a condescending smile; the...