The View from This Seat

  In Memory of Walter Brueggemann Last month I posted “In Memory of LBJ,” an article about the 36 th POTUS, whom you all know of. In this...

Chuck Collins is not a household name, and I had not heard of him until recently. * 1 But his new (2025) book, Burned by Billionaires ( Bb...

As I wrote in response to Thinking Friend Vern Barnet’s excellent comments regarding my April 30 blog post, I grew up in a rather fundamenta...

In 1962, I purchased and carefully read The Phenomenon of Man , the magnum opus of French paleontologist and Jesuit theologian Teilhard de ...

Through the years, I have posted articles regarding many individuals, but very few about personal friends / acquaintances. This post is abou...

A week ago today, most Christians around the world observed what is widely called Good Friday. It was on that day that Pilate said to Jesus,...

Only you older readers have clear memories of 1968, but I remember it well. That was nearly 60 years ago, and it was a pivotal year in my ca...