Beautiful Noise of Nature
“The Beautiful Noise of Nature (and Faith?)” I get the feeling sometimes we live on Bird Planet. The variety of winged whistlers is amazing. In their feathered freedom, appearing and…
Month: June 2019
Eleven and a Half Steps to Enlightenment
“Eleven and a Half Steps to Enlightenment” Does that title catch your attention? Disclaimer: this essay will not provide the reader with either happiness or enlightenment. However, who can say…
Sacred Profanity
Do words like “sacred” and “holy” (or “profane”) have any meaning anymore? Did they ever? The Sacred, the Holy and a little profanity I recall climbing the long stone stairs…
Resetting Our Compass
Time to re-set our compass “Something strange is happening.” So says a geophysicist at the University of Leeds in England. Like many in the scientific community, he is mystified by…
Heaven, or West Virginia?
For ten days in June, the Rogue took us over 1800 miles through North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey (at least sections of each). Many…
Marching for Life?
My dear wife and I visited a friend in Philadelphia–that Capital of Liberty– who told us they joined in the “March for Life” crowd in D.C. this year. We weren’t…
Weaving New Traditions
This amazing story of a village in Peru that replaces a grass bridge each year might offer some lessons for those who hold tightly to traditions. A Bridge Made of…
Something Greater than Faith?
Shocking! Impossible! How could there be Anything greater than Faith?! More evidence that even the “best believers” don’t really read their own bibles: “And now, faith, hope, and love abide,…
