Revitalizing Calumet

Revitalizing Calumet

I am in Calumet, Michigan, with my wife visiting my son. We are staying at an Air B&B. The apartment is cozy, almost luxurious for the cost. We have a…
Poem About March

Poem About March

It is almost impossible to read poetry to any extent without wanting to write a little of it yourself. Writing poetry has a tendency to make us a little more…
The Demiurge’s Laugh

The Demiurge’s Laugh

So, I ran across a poem by Robert Frost that I ended up reading at the end of a service a couple of months ago. Before this I had read…
Study Leave

Study Leave

People wonder what it is that Pastor's do on study leave. A wide variety of activities can fall under study leave. We can go on a retreat and engage in…
A Mark of Civilization

A Mark of Civilization

My wife and I are currently on vacation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in a small city called Escanaba. We are staying in a cozy AirBnB downtown in what…

Hagia Sophia Turned into Mosque

In the news recently, but not receiving much play in the U.S., is the move by the Turkish Government to convert Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey into a mosque. Here…

Porting WordPress

I have been doing some server and domain shuffling. The final remains of what I have always refered to as my Internet Empire are finally crumbling into total obscurity. However,…