The Well Run Dry

I have been thinking today about a Greek word I encountered a few weeks ago during my daily Bible reading.  It is found in Matthew 13 and Ma...

This blog, The Well Run Dry , started out to be a blog ostensibly about resource depletion.  I have to admit that it has morphed into someth...

These days, I find myself battling a recurrent addiction - the addiction to reading the news.  This morning I know that I have a ton of thin...

COVID-19 continues to march through the "Land of the Free," leaving a trail of death, joblessness and bankruptcies of small and la...

I must admit that many of my most recent blog posts have had a strong spiritual tone.  This may have been a bit of a turn-off to those who a...

So I hear that Donald Trump has made the following statement: "The president just demanded places of worship reopen for in-person se...

To those who may have missed blog posts from me over the last several months, I offer my apologies.  There are things in realspace which hav...

A troubling development has surfaced in the preparations being made by the Trump team to seize the White House which they "won" in...

Another week, another mass shooting in America.  (Actually, there were several , but only one managed to be selected as worthy of national n...

"Then He said to them, 'Watch out, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does h...

Here is a link to a post I wrote a year ago, in which I described the religious and psychological roots of the grossly oversized American g...

I am very busy with grad school just now, so I won't be able to write a new post this week.  However, grad school (and self education in...

Certain characteristics are common to all families who are characterized by substance abuse and addiction.  The central character is, of cou...

So, lately I've been in dialogue with a retired clergyman of a mainstream American church.  He and I have had, shall we say, a more than...

The ongoing unraveling of American society is like a play written by a criminally insane person.  As such, it can provoke strong emotions in...