View From Here: Crucibles

View From Here: Crucibles: Rise. Start the day. Look into the mirror, brush the hair, wash the face, take the pills and wash the hands. Move to the thermostat and n...

View From Here: Death of God?

View From Here: Death of God?: On April 8, 1966, Time Magazine published a cover story entitled “Is God Dead?” The story was shocking to a lot of people. Their argument...

View From Here: Knowing Right

View From Here: Knowing Right: I   don’t know about you but I learned about right and wrong in a hodge podge of events. “Hot! Don’t touch!” that was most likely my firs...

View From Here: Making a Difference

View From Here: Making a Difference: Aching to make a difference. Yearning to do so. What is good and what bad, what needs help to fix? What can we do to make a more perfect ...

View From Here: Church Journey

View From Here: Church Journey: Attendance down. Unchurched growing. Years accumulate for the trendline. Roman Catholic students are not entering seminary in numbers to ...

View From Here: Upside-down-ism

View From Here: Upside-down-ism: I want to be a citizen of a country that values each other and embraces values of social justice for not only ourselves, but for all peop...

View From Here: Reins of Reign?

View From Here: Reins of Reign?: Our nation has roots in the late 1500’s. Most of the 1600’s was a time of building a foothold on the North American continent. We feel ou...

View From Here: Bucket List

View From Here: Bucket List: Let me see. What would I like to do before I kick the bucket? The list is easy to arrive at; it’s the doing that is not probable. Anyway,...

View From Here: Ends Justify the Means

View From Here: Ends Justify the Means: I have friends who don’t understand the title of this post. Here are some examples. ·         Fear whites will be outnumbered . The...

View From Here: Snow Day

View From Here: Snow Day: For my first eleven years, I lived in southern California. Pasadena, Altadena, Inyokern (Mojave Desert), back to Altadena, then to Glendo...

View From Here: Winnowing

View From Here: Winnowing: Iowa’s primary caucus showed the way toward a smaller field of Democrat presidential candidates. Clearly Biden is in trouble. Arguably Wa...

View From Here: Glittering Award Shows

View From Here: Glittering Award Shows: We watched a lot of the Oscar Awards Show Sunday evening. Not all of it. But more than two thirds. One reason we watch is to see artists ...

View From Here: Pendulum Moves

View From Here: Pendulum Moves: The arc is long. The pace slow. It moves. Inexorably it inches forward to its apogee. Then moments of rest and the return trip begins. Sl...

View From Here: Death of Truth

View From Here: Death of Truth: And, death of fact. Saying something is true doesn’t make it true. Printing something is true doesn’t make it true. Just because it ...

View From Here: Democrat Presidential Candidates

View From Here: Democrat Presidential Candidates: What have we learned so far? Twenty four candidates started the race and we now have what, 8 or 9? Iowa continues to demonstrate its...

View From Here: Incompetence

View From Here: Incompetence: So, the Iowa caucuses were bolloxed up by a computer system snafu. Suddenly, this is mismanagement by the Democrats? Hardly. Our 2016 p...

View From Here: Finding Relevance

View From Here: Finding Relevance: In an age of chaos and topsy turvy morality, how do we find relevance that fits us? That fits me, you, whoever? This is a personal thing,...

View From Here: Screwy Times

View From Here: Screwy Times: Annual award shows are in full swing. Every other week or so another blockbuster TV show airs an awards soiree. So much excitement. And g...

View From Here: Gotta Tell Ya

View From Here: Gotta Tell Ya: I simply have to spill the beans. Many things have been building up since I last unloaded. The ‘angst.’ That’s pronounced aahhngst! It’s ...

View From Here: Soul

View From Here: Soul: In the head. Thinking. Ideas flitting about. Ordering themselves yet sparking to another perch for another thought. Something forming, ju...