Here are two excerpts from “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck Valuing Success OVER Failure… “It has always seemed strange to me,” said Doc. “The things we admirein men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding andfeeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits wedetest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are […]
There is an ancient poem that talks about how God made the ocean to be a prodigiously formidable place, teeming with overwhelmingly ominous creatures. For instance, SEA DRAGONS (a.k.a. Leviathan)! Have you ever considered what it would be like to encounter a sea dragon? Humans are laid low at the mere sight of Levithan! His […]
A couple of weeks ago we were walking the streets of Neos Kosmos, in Athens Greece with our good friend Erikos. As we crossed paths with the various hooligans and yobbos in the neighborhood, Erikos would joyfully greet them with the expression, “τὰ ἴδια!” This would lead to big smiles and huggie back-slapping embraces. So […]
I put this on the blog back on May 27th, 2025, but it is worth repeating…
“Why do we have to be so cruel to each other? Why is our pain made softer when we inflict it on others? Why is this world so much less than what it ought to be or what we can imagine? Why did God give us these imaginations if all they do is point us […]
NF’s song, “Just Like You” rings true… Here are some excerpts: It’s strange the way the mind can wander, but also stop to gossipAnd chat with memories that you and me aren’t really fond ofMaybe you’re out to find love, maybe you lost who you wasMaybe you’re just like me and feel the need to […]
I’m listening to a book by David Mitchell entitled “Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens …A tale of power, glory, and gore from Arthur to Elizabeth I.” It’s informative and hilarious. So many of the stories share similarities (relationally, thematically, and sociologically) with the dramatic and dysfunctional saga of Scripture! At one […]
15:2-3 _ those who conquer the beast and the beast’s image and the number of the beast’s name, will have harps! (and they will sing the song of Moses, and the song of the Lamb). 15:8 _ smoke from the glory of God makes it impossible to enter the sanctuary. 16:9, 11, 21 _ people […]
these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth (11:10) and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished (12:6 …#nourished in the WILDERNESS ἔρημον / מִדְבָּרָה) the woman was given the two wings of the great […]
2 Samuel 19 – – – > David’s son (Absalom) has just been assassinated by David’s nephew (Joab), because David’s son staged a coup d’é·tat (because Abaslom’s full sister was raped by their half brother [Amnon], and the governing authorities [David] did not bestow the benefit of a penalty upon the malefactor – hence Absalom […]