Known of Old

"Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk therein' . . ." Jeremiah 6: 16

30 May 2025

Crossing the Threshold of Hope (NOT optimism)

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Any civilization, no matter how otherwise superior, can have a crisis of confidence. Even one that proudly calls itself American. Or Chinese...
07 April 2025

A Most Complicating Elite

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Competence is most always a good thing. But there are times when it's not exactly the best predictor - much less guarantor - of prudence...
06 April 2025

The Return of the Naive; or, My Hopeless Unfitness for this Great World

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Yes, maybe I'm just naive, on these recondite matters. (As no doubt I am in so many of the ways of this most wisely elitist, esoteric,  ...
20 March 2025

On Being Maritally Perfect

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These past 2-3 months, my good friend of 34 years has been living through the rapid - in fact, accelerating - implosion of his marriage of 4...
16 February 2025

A Gabbard Worthy of the Sword

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Ah, you ask, but is the sword - i.e., this present US administration - worthy of the scabbard? There are some things only time can tell, of ...
05 November 2024

The Martyrdom We Seek; or, Why Voting for Peace Has Become So Bloody Hard

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I find it funny how, in many quarters, the world today is said to be awash in selfishness. Perhaps as never before. Rather as if our biggest...
15 October 2024

Why I am a Lay Franciscan

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1) In a world growing more and more addicted to scale and complexity, Franciscans learn that small, simple acts of kindness and care may som...
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