Boris Yeltsin on a tank in front of the Russian White House From all indications, the trip to the USSR was…
I am not very good about forgiving people who have hurt me. Sometimes the pain is deep and when the…
President Boris Yeltsin & Patriarch Aleksi II My last two “Reflections on Russia” discussed the insights in Paul Froese’s book,…
Portion of El Greco’s“Pentecost” (c. 1600) Being a disciple of Jesus in the first century was not easy! As we…
My last “Reflections on Russia” discussed the insights in Paul Froese’s book, The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the…
Where do we get the energy, the strength, to be a peacemaker in the middle of a violent, chaotic world?…
Paul Froese’s book, The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization (University of California Press, 2008),…
I recently discovered a new author – that is, an author who is new to me, but who has been…
Robert Capa (with camera) and John Steinbeck, USSR, 1947 At the peak of his career, having published three powerful novels…
Carl Bloch: “Christ Mocked by a Soldier” If you think non-retaliation is a tough principle to live by (see my…