Welcome, friends. It is, as always, a delight to be with you in this pleasant place. It was Winston Churchill who famously said, “We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape […]
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Things We Got Just Right (Equality Over Cultural Norms)
Several years ago, a man I know was told he was dying, which of course we all are, but his death was sooner than he had anticipated. Though well-off, he’d […]
What in the World Were We Thinking? (Silence is Good for Everyone)
A friend phoned me recently, asking if he could borrow our Ford Flex. He didn’t say why he needed it, and I didn’t want to appear nosy, because if there’s […]
Finding Our Way (7)
VIEW VIDEO My brother Glenn and his wife Laurie have retired and are traveling the world seeing the sights, last year Europe, this year the Wild West. Now they’re at […]
Finding Our Way (5)
I was looking at a replica of one of the earliest maps of North America not long ago and on that map, California appeared as an island. The first mention […]
Christianity 101: The Challenge of Suffering and Evil
VIEW VIDEO It is good to be back. I was at a Quaker pastor’s retreat this week, then last weekend Joan and I went to the farmhouse to work outside, […]
Christianity 101: Who Are We?
VIEW VIDEO I was up in Carmel last week giving a speech to a literary society for their spring banquet. It was a gorgeous spring day, so I drove there […]
Stuff I Want to Do Before I Croak: A Geezer’s Manifesto (9)
VIEW VIDEO We had a wonderful Christmas. I am the proud owner of a new shirt and a book on architecture, given to me by our younger son, Sam, and […]