(Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 43 seconds) I first met Jerry 24 years ago when he was already old. At least I thought so.…
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Anarchist, Artist or Arsehole (Which Are You?)
(Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 54 seconds.) I am an artist. There, I said it. I was born into a dubious, ahem, an eccentric tribe.…
Ten Controversial Questions That Changed My World Forever
Most of us (especially religious people) have not been allowed to ask questions. To question things. History has subjected us to an awful lot of know-it-alls,…
Decibel Hell: The Effects of Living in a Noisy World
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 10 seconds. I recently visited Manhattan for three days. As I arrived and exited the cab onto West 58th Street, the…
Six Reasons Why Many Christians Continue To Support Trump
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes and 6 seconds. I have been an ordained Southern Baptist minister for thirty-eight years and on the executive staff of…
Eclipse Day 2017 at Kalien Retreat
The Excruciating Pain of Estrangement
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes, 6 seconds. Behind every great hatred is a love story. This amazing quote by Justin Cronin in his riveting book The…
A Father Without A Child…
A father without a child is like… dance without music music without sound sound without sight sight without beauty beauty without nature nature without land…
My Heroes Have Always Been Fake*
(*Full Disclosure: They’re Fictional) John Galt (First of Twelve) At age seventeen when my world was young and soft like clay, I spied a book…
Living For Cocktail Hour
We spend so much energy and time focused on productivity that we no longer recognize fun when we see it. —Margaret Townsend Every day (and…
A Table In The Wilderness
Some Impromptu and Unedited Thoughts In 2005, during the first Sabbatical of my life, off the grid in a cabin high in the Rocky Mountains…
Some New and Very Candid Thoughts On Getting Older
by Randy Elrod I’ve been thinking. Yep, doing more of that these days. Especially this weekend. On Monday, May 1st, 2017, three short days from…
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