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The Church and Black Lives Matter

The Church and Black Lives Matter

Rylee Free’s article, “The Allure of Belonging to Black Lives Matter and How the Church Can Respond,” in The Christian Post (8/18/20) makes much use of Robert Nesbit’s 1953 book, The Quest for Community. According to Ms. Free (I have not read Nesbit) Nesbit’s thesis...
Father’s Day, Rioters, Victims, Idolatry

Father’s Day, Rioters, Victims, Idolatry

Today is Sunday, June 21, and the Caesars, still fearing Covid-19 or something, keep the Churches shuttered. Not to be hindered, we have read our lessons as usual and found a disturbing juxtaposition of sacred and secular: The Gospel for today, the Second Sunday after...
Tulip Maniacs, Nazis, Beatle Crazies, and Others

Tulip Maniacs, Nazis, Beatle Crazies, and Others

I seldom watch television’s so-called “news” networks because they are now mostly “opinion” networks. For down-time, I surf my TV for old B-grade Westerns that are often dull, but which clearly distinguish between good and evil, something that opinion-saturated...