Some More Thinking Inside the Box. Part 1

I have talked about this before... but it seems to be worthy of more thoughts. Since I have started intentionally listening for the phrase "thinking outside of the box" or the instruction "Think outside the box", 1. The issue isn't thinking outside of the box but understanding the difference between real constraints and areas of …

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The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism

The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism. This declaration is provided for personal meditation and evaluation. I have good friends who are very much supporters of "Christian Zionism" so my comments on the Declaration referenced here are cautious. I think there are a lot of good points, although I don't see any reason to think that …

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Struggling Creatively

My ancestors are Swedish. My great-grandparents came to the US in the 1880s. Not too much of Swedish traditions were passed on to me. One thing that was passed down to us was Swedish food. I knew about limpa, ingladt sil, potatiskorv, lingenberry, sylta, rotmos, gloog, rice pudding, lutfisk, among other things. One time, my …

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