Various notes concerning man, his occupation and stewardship of the commons.
A high school friend who has devoted his life to “seeking God in his creation” and to community service recently sent an excerpt from the book The Culture-Wise Family: Upholding Christian Values in a Mass Media World. I took the
The following was written as a meditation introducing the theme of a luncheon conference on Expatriate Citizenship in a Connected World. The United States Consult General, Diane Kelly, was our featured speaker. To paraphrase the French adage, “pour faire la
Like so many of my generation of European-Americans a significant part of my conscious being has been devoted over the short span of my life to answering the question “Who am I?” In the face of the material well-being of
Today’s note is inspired by a Google photosearch for an image to illustrate the word “commons”. The idea of a commons implies both freedom and its opposite. As we use the word, a commons is a place where the representatives
All of life is local. One might be forgiven for quickly passing over such a banality. And yet, the local is at the very heart of our system of values and the “globalization” debate. Vital goods (organic matter, oxygen and