Listen to the song: A Day in the Strife Read the message here: I heard the news about Old Glory Fifty stars dragged down into the mire A crowd of rebels in our Capitol They cast our Congress to oblivion They blew their mind out in a riot They wouldn’t…

Just as history does not repeat itself, but does “rhyme,” so are a few other elements of life in this world; for instance, literature. This morning I had the strange experience of historical deja vu, the literary version. I write novels; I have published four of them since 2009. How…

Here is a scene from chapter 21 of my 2015 novel, Smoke. The year is 1937. Philip Morrow, the story’s main character, is a young American doing business in Europe. In this scene, he accompanies the Hezekin family to the US Embassy in Paris. Having fled Munich, the Hezekin family…

It took a long time for this world to become what it is now. No matter how you look at it — whether you think it all evolved via chemical processes and natural selection, beginning billions of years ago. . . Or, maybe you believe that God did it, as…

I was strolling out there on the edge of the world or so it seemed to me walking that beach On Ke’e where our nation meets the end of land, the end of sand the far edge of that ancient island where Wai’ al’e al’e had flung his first lava…

Pertaining to the Christian Faith in Britain, and Charles’ accession, here are a few thoughts from this Yank Christian, who hath visited Britain on several occasions: Elizabeth’s expression of faith was appropriate for her time and seasons of mankind. Charles’ broader expression of faith is more appropriate for this age…

This morning I was tapping the laptop while sitting on an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean. While reading Helen Thompson’s article in Unherd, I pondered her message about Queen Elizabeth’s humble way of performing her duties, setting an attitude example for any responsible citizen of this world. …