The View from This Seat

The Southern Baptist Convention has been in the national news (again) this month, and I am reflecting here upon that denomination with which...

This post’s title comes from a new book by three sociologists and some of the article’s content is my reflection on a new novel.  Beyond Dou...

This blog post is about the human population of the world. Are there too many people, or are there too few?  (A slightly inaccurate graph of...

In last Sunday’s issue of Kansas City Star , the editorial board published an opinion piece titled “ Relics of racism belong in museums, not...

Route 66 is one of the iconic national highways in the U.S. On May 26, 1957, 66 years ago today, June and I drove up that highway as newlyw...

As you see from the title, this blog article is about hope, but please note that it is only about hope in the here and now. Hope for or in t...

It is Saturday morning on May 6 as I am writing this. Perhaps many of you are watching the coronation of King Charles III at this time. I am...