In early February of 2020, my wife and I flew back to Austin from Victoria (Canada) with a stop in Seattle. As we went through US immigration, we noticed Asians wearing masks. We had heard of a worrisome illness in China but their mask wearing did not alert us of the coming COVID pandemic. This was …
Virtual Reality
Last week, I participated in about ten Zoom meetings. Four of the Zoom sessions were church related: Sunday morning class, worship, Men’s Bible Study, and an Emmaus reunion. Each meeting lasted about an hour and were beneficial since I was unable to attend in person. The other Zoom meetings were …
Afghanistan
I, and perhaps most Americans, have been watching the collapse of the Afghan government to Taliban forces. It happened so swiftly after twenty years and billions of dollars of support from Western governments. I vividly remember the two commercial jets colliding into the New York City Twin Towers as …
Christ & Culture (Conclusion)
This is my seventh and concluding blog on H. Richard Niebuhr’s book Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001). In the first blog, I introduce the author and his definition of culture. The subsequent blogs describe Niebuhr’s five motifs that classify the various ways Christians confront …