The View from This Seat

Reflections about Life, Love, Light, and Liberty (the 4-Ls) by Leroy Seat.

Monday, August 31, 2026

Two Impressive Poems Worth Contemplating

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My previous blog article was about a large steamship, but this post begins with part of a poem about sailboats. It is the third stanza of an...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

On the Way to Japan (August 20, 1966)

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T his blog post is different from most of the 1,130+ posts I have made over the past 17 years. It is a personal narrative of life-changing e...
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Monday, August 10, 2026

Don’t U.S. Muslims Deserve to Have a Senator?

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Previously, I have written two blog posts about Islamophobia (in January 2016 and May 2013). But this month that phobia has reared its ugly ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

What Does Taking Up One’s Cross Mean?

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Some of this blog’s readers were surprised that I quoted Jesus’ words in my July 20 post. What I was advocating with those words, though, is...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

Aspiring to Be a Voice of Reason and Guidance

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Early on the morning of July 12, I had a very vivid dream about the world being in chaos. I then woke up thinking, “ The world’s in chaos an...
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Friday, July 10, 2026

Advocating Democratic Socialism

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Back in September 2019, I posted a blog article titled “Was Jesus a Socialist?” Soon after making that post, I became increasingly aware of ...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

“God Hates Bad Parties”: Sojourners Strikes Again

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  As many of you know, I have been reading Sojourners magazine since its very first issue. The current issue is No. 05 of Vol. 55, so that ...
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* Born in Grant City, Mo., on 8/15/1938 * Graduated from Southwest Baptist College (Bolivar, Mo.) in 1957 (A.A.) * Graduated from William Jewell College (Liberty, Mo.) in 1959 (A.B.) * Graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Ken.) in 1962 (B.D., equivalent of M.Div.) * Received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology from SBTS. * Baptist missionary to Japan from 1966 to 2004. * Full-time faculty member at Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka, Japan) from 1968 to 2004. * Chancellor of Seinan Gakuin from 1996 to 2004. * Adjunct professor at Rockhurst University 2006 to 2014. USPS address: 1307 Canterbury Lane, Liberty, MO 64068 Telephone: (301) 442-2263 E-mail: LKSeat@gmail.com
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