On my way down to Haiti I talked with a Haitian man in the Miami airport for several hours. His name was Vuther and he told me straight-up he doesn’t like America. His reason? The immorality we are exporting to his country. ouch. I find this a common complaint among Internationals. American culture is seen …
Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Power of Stick Shift
I got a surprise when I left work the other day: My car wouldn’t start. The battery was dead because I’d left my headlights on at lunch. Who should I call? How long would it take for Dad to show up? How long would it take for Mallikar or Pat to show up? How …
The Power of Space, Part 2
From the mail bag…… here is an excerpt from a letter I received in response to my post yesterday: I’m not convinced that God tells us to go find misery and poverty in the world and then fix it. That would ascribe a God-like omnipotence and limitless resources to us. The Samaritan wasn’t traveling along …
The Power of Space
Will Miller is a friend of mine, though we’ve never met in person. When the tornadoes hit the South, Will was at his home in Tuscaloosa, AL. He writes: Within the last 24 hours, Tuscaloosa was hit with one of the most devastating storms we’ve ever seen. The night it happened, I sat huddled in …
Meantime, Back at the Ranch
I notice there has been a dearth of content on this blog as of late. What’s happened? The answer is I’ve had plenty of ideas to blog about, but been too busy to write them. Too pre-occupied. Most people, when they get pre-occupied, raise suspicion by acting pre-occupied. Which, come to think of it, I …