The View from This Seat

The extremely important mid-term election is on November 3, just two weeks from today (10/20). This is a far more important election than mo...

According to John’s Gospel, Jesus said, “ Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free ” (8:32, NIV). This article looks at...

Last week, two prominent world leaders gave speeches at the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York City, in Turtle Bay no less, * but wh...

Last week I planted a new yard sign near the sidewalk in front of our house. Here is an image that accurately portrays it. What do you think...

Soon after reading the striking words, “… every empire is evil,” in Ray Daniel’s book Grace Over Guns (my review of which some of you have ...

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...

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...