Commentary on Various Topics
From time to time I like to write an essay or a commentary on personal, religious, political, and world issues. These represent my own views and you can either accept them or reject them. Click on any article to open it.
Living With Ourselves
An Evolving Conception of God - some personal thoughts
Some Thoughts on System Crashes
That Was the Week That Was (The Allegri Miserere)
Does Your Life Need some Pruning?
A Long Row to Hoe
Breathing and Snoring
Happiness is a Choice
Rainbows and Storms
Life is Like a 4-lane Highway
Why Pain?
The Courage to Step Out
What Choral Music Has Meant to Me
An Essay on Packing and Moving
Complaining in Faith to God - Lament Psalms
Going Home
Sharpen Your Tools
Beautiful Gray Hair
A Different Interpretation of the Incarnation
Living With Each Other
Intolerance and Intimidation
God Bless the Children
Everyone Smiles in the Same Language
You're Really Starting to Annoy Me!
Neighborhood Friends
Who is my neighbor?
Some Random Thoughts on Peace
Are we nuts?
Cooperation vs Domination - Fixing my specs
Stuff Happens
Living in History
This is It!
The Singing School
Apocalyptic Events
Security - How Times Have Changed
A Few Thoughts on Religious Changes
The Ides of March
Time and Again
When Worlds Collide - A Week of Exciting Science
Concerning a Religious Martyr from an Ancestral Family
Martyrs Mirror - Story of Dirk Willems
Who Was St. Valentine?
It's Time to Wrest Control from the Right Wing
Lies! Lies! Lies! - It's Deja Vu All Over Again!
Reconstruction - Controlling a Worsening Situation
Viva el Cinco de Mayo
A Crisis of Ethics in a World Gone Mad
The Torch Has Been Passed
Reaping the Whirlwind!
Some Thoughts on American Leadership
When did liberal become a dirty word?
A Political Catharsis
Some Thoughts on the Nature of our Republic
Beauty and the Beast
Some Thoughts on Bush's 2005 Inaugural Addresst
Miss Saigon - A Microcosm of How War Screws up Lives
An American Theocracy - It Could Happen
Some sober reflections on our national birthday
Bush Punts Again
Beware, Mr. Bush, the Paint is Starting to Peel
Is America Gone Forever?
Amos Revisited
Amos Brings a Word of Hope
Who Would Jesus Torture?
Beating the War Drums
What Are the Choices Now in Iraq?
Celebrating Freedom
Some Random Thoughts on the 2004 Election Week
Where Do We Find Security?
An Afternoon With Raymond McGovern
Looking Back on the Year 2006
No Global Warming, You Say?
What will trigger catastrophe?
How Did We Get Here?
How Many Seas Must a White Dove Sail?
Election 2008
Heading into Uncharted Waters
The Day the World Changed Forever
Drill, Baby, Drill, and what it cost us!
The Last Pharaoh Has Been Deposed
Did You Ever Wonder?
Essay on the Phrase, "Apple of My Eye"
Some Thoughts on "Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree"
The Magic of September
A Blue Light Special
Music and the Savage Breast
The Bread Machine
Strawberries and Chocolate
An Essay on Packing and Moving
An Essay on "The Cry of the First Bird"
Must it be Even, Flat, and Straight?
Lethe - River of Forgetgulness
"Intelligent Design" is not Science
Jakob Ammann and the Swiss Brethren
Who was Judas Iscariot?
How Does Your Forest Grow?
Who are the Anabaptists, Mennonites,
Amish, And Brethren
Forgiveness After 500 Years
Mennonite Migration from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Ontario, Canada
What's in a number?
Putting a New Spin on Congress
Do's and Don'ts When Computer Problems Arise
Preventing a Computer Disaster with Backups
Selecting a Backup Program
Halo or haloes?
The Power of the Cross
A Biblical View of God
What is a Random Occurence of an Event?
Friday the Thirteenth