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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Donald Trump and Julius Caesar
What's the old saw by Mark Twain? "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." On a recent visit to Italy I when I was tootling around the Uffizi Gallery in Florence I took [...]
Trusting Trump?
My ancestors were Mennonites and Amish folk. They came to William Penn’s start up colony in the 1770s searching for the freedom to follow their religion and be left alone. Those motivations and values [...]
I’m a Man…
...was how that dumb political ad opened up last week. If you haven's seen it, it featured about half a dozen actors who explained that they were really MEN! and that they ate steaks [...]
Jesus and the Little Children
A passage from today's gospel struck me in a fresh and astonishing way today. It's the final few verses in which Jesus emphasizes his identity as the lowliest one by embracing a child. “If [...]
Was Matthew the First Gospel?
Today, on the Feast of St Matthew the Apostle it is worth taking a look at the "Synoptic Problem". This discussion among Biblical scholars concerns the authorship, development and dating of the first three [...]
Finding Peace of Mind in Troubled Times
If you're like me you look at the news today and remembering the events of the last five years, you wonder what next? Wars and rumors of wars, race riots, political instability, a pandemic, [...]
