The irony of God

THE IRONY OF GOD

Irony (Gk: eironeia) is an interesting word, and it is not the easiest to define.  There are various subtleties present depending on the discipline that applies it.  A common denominator though involves some sort of juxtaposition between two starkly different people, principles or situations.  In I Corinthians 2:8 and Colossians 2:15, St. Paul speaks of Satan and Christ.  Satan had provoked and manipulated the religious and civil authorities to have Jesus arrested, condemned to the cross, and his lifeless body entombed.  That was that!  As far as...

FOLK FISHING

Almost all of us have driven by people fishing off of bridges, perhaps we’ve seen them in a small boat on a lake or pond, or on the end of a dock or pier.  People who fish more than casually have their favorite “fishing holes” where they believe fish gather.  They know the fish are there because they see the bubbles or tiny ripples on the surface of the water.  But more importantly, seasoned fishermen can feel the presence of fish—they feel them in their...

ON THE TRAIL OF CANCER ONE YEAR LATER

The very beginning of my cancer blog can be found here MAY 12, 2025 (MONDAY) Getting a urine culture and sensitivity today as part of my pre-op clearance. Tomorrow I see my cardiology clinic for an EKG and quick exam and chart review. A week from today I have my procedure. My bladder wash report came back today: Bladder, washing: Indeterminate Atypical but degenerated urothelial cells. “Atypical but degenerated urothelial cells indicate abnormal changes in the cells lining the urinary...

When life is a puzzle

WHEN LIFE IS A PUZZLE

Deena gifted me a 750-piece jigsaw puzzle for Christmas.  She knew I enjoyed puzzles as a child and she picked out a puzzle with four or five different portraits of dogs. Last month, I opened it right about the time our grandchildren came to visit.  They loved it, especially our eight-year-old grandson.  He seemed to have a special talent for this.  Children—and adults—learn patience, perseverance, organizational skills and much more when they are engaged completing a jigsaw puzzle. Completing a puzzle is actually solving...

Fear!

FEAR!

Read the news or watch it on television or your device of choice and you can easily see the fear behind the stories that are driving the headlines this year. Like the stench of a backed up septic tank, the scent of fear is everywhere. The world seems to be writhing in this noxious environment like an animal in pain. This post is not so much an essay on the dynamics of fear as it is on the fear we...

WHAT CRIMES ARE COMMITTED?

On November 8, 1793, a woman dressed in cheap, coarse cloth with roughly shorn hair was ushered to a dray in a back alley.  The woman was born and lived in Paris not very far from where she was imprisoned. In less than an hour hence, it would be in the same City of Lights that she would die. Her light would be extinguished. The guards helped her into the cart. This was not the carriage that her station in life...

MOURNING IN AMERICA: A DAILY CHRONICLE

Jump to most current post NOTE: This post (Mourning in America) will be a just a small tile in the mosaic portraying the decline of this once great nation. It may be of use to some future generation trying to grasp what people in the U.S. were feeling and thinking in the year 2025 much as Germans pondered the loss of their individual freedoms and the rise of National Socialism almost a century ago. MARCH 29, 2025 (SATURDAY) I left...

WE’RE BACK

Earlier this week, we all likely all saw two adorable white wolf puppies in the arms of a caretaker just yipping away. Named “Remus” and “Romulus” for the human twins who were suckled by a she-wolf and who went on to found the ancient city of Rome (or at least, Romulus did), we learned that these wolf cubs were actually dire wolves, and the first to be born after an absence of over 10,000 years! As the story progressed, we...

Measles!

MEASLES!

I was reading last evening about the current measles outbreak in the U.S. Only twice in the last thirty years (2014 and 2019) have there been more measle cases in the U.S. than in 2025 and we’re barely four months into the year. Six people died of measles in the U.S. since the year 2000, and half of those died this year alone. There are almost five hundred confirmed cases in Texas. In the past, I might have gone to...

GIMME SHELTER!

Yesterday saw $2.4 trillion in wealth lost in America with another beating forecast for today according to the future’s trading.  Apple Corp lost billions as did other companies. But so did individual investors and their public or private pension funds likely were hit hard as well.  In war, there are casualties and trade wars are no different.  One person in his pride, arrogance and increasing thirst for power launched this war and there are consequences.  But there is a worse button that POTUS can push, isn’t there? The...

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