The following story is an historical fiction. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of hearing the stories of many different people that I’ve met in East St. Louis, Decatur, Urbana-Champaign, or my hometown of Benton Harbor, MI. It would be wrong of me to tell their personal stories, for I did not live them… Continue reading An Historical Fiction
In Perry Yoder’s book Shalom: The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, & Peace, he speaks of salvation as physical liberation. His economics of shalom are based on need and contrast significantly from wealth economics that prize exchange for gain and value hoarding and having more than others. But what is need? What would represent shalom justice?… Continue reading How do we know need?
The Dell Inspiron 14z laptop I bought for Angie in January when hers failed while I was on the road came with Windows 8. Angie worked hard to adjust to the new OS, but it was obvious it remained very frustrating for her several months later. And I must admit I found it unfriendly. It… Continue reading Dealing with Windows 8
In his book Shalom: The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, & Peace, Perry Yoder traces the concept of salvation throughout the Bible. In so doing, he states: “… we found a view quite different from our usual understanding of salvation. We often regard salvation as a spiritual, internal, and otherworldly transaction which has to do… Continue reading Salvation, Atonement, and Shalom Justice
We took ski lessons from Frank C. while at Copper. Here’s a few lessons we learned from him as he tried to help us ski with “Elegant Power” down the steeps. This is mostly so that I can remember next year when we come back to ski again, but if anyone else benefits, yay! 🙂… Continue reading Lessons we learned from Frank
