Biography

When Narratives Compete

We are all storytellers. It’s part of our DNA. It’s how  we share our experiences, our beli...

Playing God

God has been in the news a lot lately.  According to endless war enthusiasts in Congress, the c...

Pro Life/Pro Choice

If you asked me several years ago for my opinion on abortion, I would have said something equivocal ...

The Season for Thanks

Very like the date of Thanksgiving which has moved from June 1621 to the fourth Thursday in November...

Why Architecture Matters

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” This quote by Winston Churchill refers to th...

The Last of Its Kind?

When a discerning friend recommends a book as “one their favorites,” I’m likely to want to rea...

. . .Not for Sissies

Between my grandmother and mother, I had a wealth of maxims as a child growing up. As these two amaz...

Writer, Poet, Apostle

In 1997, I joined the IFCO Pastors for Peace Caravan and travelled to Cuba as a way to learn more ab...

Witness to a Crime

In 1981, I spent the summer in the remote village of Kapenguria, Kenya, working toward my master’s...

Another Neptune

It’s not an obsession, but I’m closer to the end of my life than I sometimes like to believe. Gi...