The current sickening addiction that as entrapped the hearts and minds of our friends, neighbors, parents, and children, […]
Fear
King Hezekiah of Judah has expressed hope that Babylon might prove to be a powerful ally against the […]
He doesn’t know. You know the answer. You want him to know the answer. You know it will […]
“We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep into our […]
“Great Things are Achieved by Embracing Great Danger” – Xerxes I’d like to pretend that I was sitting […]
We had recently moved into our new house in an unfamiliar place called Davenport. We were doing the […]
This might be the most Adventy of Advent. If there ever was one, this is it, at least […]
The white metal hospital bed looked out of place in the cozy lakeside home. The old man was skin […]
In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. “How are we to live […]
I have a difficult time viewing safety as a virtue. Resilience perhaps, fortitude to be sure, but not just safety. I want my kids to be safe, of course. I want them to take reasonable precautions when doing dangerous or risky things. Safety serves the risk; it serves a life marked by danger. It is calculated and reasonably weighed out. But danger, why, danger is the stuff that makes life worth living. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “As soon as there is life, there is danger.” To elevate safety above engagement is a cowardly and timid way to engage this world.