Faith and Belief
Heart Attack, Death, Immortality and Taxes at a Glance
Walker the dog, an every day ritual turns treacherous and inspired some reflections in the days that followed.
Read MoreCatholic Growiing Up — Doubtful Growing Old
#catholic #religion #mass #catholiceducation #childabuse I was raised Catholic. I look back in amazement to my boyhood when reasoning, educated adults imposed pointless regimentation on children in the name of religion. The Church, gratefully, has changed over the years. But in the early and mid-twentieth century, adults often invoked faith to justify the harsh treatment…
Read MoreViral Mythology Explores How Myths Are Created and Broadcast
The subtitle to Viral Mythology, by Marie D. Jones and Larry Flaxman, reads “How the truth of the ancients was encoded and passed down through legend, art, and architecture.” The authors present an ambitious explanation of how and why the ancient myths and those we create today continue to roll forward in time often without…
Read MorePropinquity — John Macgregor’s Exciting Mystery about The Holy Grail — A Review
This review of Propinquity by John Macgregor first appeared on www.Bookpleasures. com I have added some comments to the original here because I do not have the space constraints. For centuries the Monks of Joseph of Arimathea guarded a secret – The Holy Grail is in their possession, but it is not a vessel. It…
Read MoreTwo Poems — One Explained; a Second Challenges Explanations
I have been writing poetry since I was a boy in elementary school. There have been times where poetry came easily, flowed right out of the daily events in my life. At other times, I felt as though I was hammering words into place, pounding the lines into shape in the hopes that I would…
Read MoreRadiance, Phil Kenney’s Debut Novel, Deals with Age Old Questions of Life, Death and Fulfillment
Phil Kenney’s debut novel Radiance is a passionate family history that spans three generations until it settles on Jimmy and Daisy, mother and son, as the central characters. Kenney, a poet, knows that triumph and tragedy are defined by the context that we set for ourselves. The context can be as narrow as parent and…
Read MoreCivil Rights Leaders Dubbed Detroit a Model City in the 1960’s. Riots Changed the Face of the City..
#dettoit #detroitriots #civilrights #riots This is the second article in a series that began with my previous post about moving my family to Detroit in 1966. I concluded that piece with the statement “Nothing in our Midwestern upbringing prepared us (my wife and me) for the changes, the violence, the hatred, and the heroics that…
Read MoreAtheist Libertarian Golf Addict Befriends Liberal Agnostic — Part II
#atheist #agnostic #libertarian #liberal #golf #gold This is the second and final part to a article posted earlier entitled “Atheist Libertarian Golf Addict Befriends Agnostic Liberal on Golf Course.’’ Readers who have not read the previous post, are urged to do so before tackling the conclusion presented here. Harry was troubled that our society was…
Read MoreAtheist Libertarian Golf Addict Befriends Agnostic Liberal at North Carolina Golf Course.
#atheist @agnostic #golf I hope that there is life after death because then I can play a few more rounds of golf with my friend Harry. That assumes, of course, that there will be golf in heaven (or whatever it is to be called) and that Harry will be there. If Harry is not in…
Read MoreAdoption Papers were Ready for Signature. My Son Needed to be Baptized First.
The following is an installment in a series of posts dealing with the options available to the underage parents of a child born out of wedlock during the 1950’s, before the advent of outpatient abortions, the pill, and a dramatic change in the public view with regard to sex prior to marriage. My son was…
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