Category Archives: history

Monumental Blunders: Tearing Down Our Past

Posted on June 12, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Should We Be Pulling Down Statues? This controversy started in the United States, after George Floyd’s murder. But it isn’t new. Civil War heroes of the South have always had a place of pride in their town and city squares. … Continue reading →

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The Great Social Experiment of 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

World-Wide Pandemic Responses You know that it’s serious when the world closes its doors and goes home. So, now we are afraid of our family, friends and neighbours. And, of course, people are dying out there. It feels like fear … Continue reading →

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Who is the “Other”?

Posted on June 5, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Yourself. When I was a child, I got to experience what it was like to be the outsider. A PK (preacher’s kid), I was treated like some alien being from outer space. If I’d been a Martian, it would have … Continue reading →

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I Swear to Tell the Truth … So Help Me God

Posted on June 4, 2020 by cdsmiller17

If only…

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Black Lives Have Always Mattered

Posted on June 3, 2020 by cdsmiller17

More Than a Smokescreen I’m convinced that history ‘comes around again’ when the underlying causes of social unrest are not resolved, but only swept under the carpet. The USA is under siege yet again, and during an election year. Billy … Continue reading →

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What Makes Me a Gnostic Christian?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by cdsmiller17

It’s like trying to split an atom: if you succeed, it may well explode in your face. We are so used to splitting hairs to define terms and concepts that we miss the forest for the trees. Are there any … Continue reading →

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Another Name for the Holy Spirit?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Shekinah On Friday, Raymond, in our Faith & Science group Zoom meeting, wanted to demonstrate the use of words as conveyors of deeper, hidden symbolism. He then said a word in French, la colombe. Instantly, someone (I think it was … Continue reading →

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Having a “Bash At” Decoding a Mystery

Posted on May 30, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Atbash Cypher It is probably the oldest and yet simplest of codes: a simple letter substitution, following the instruction, “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” (Matthew 20:16) The reason for looking at this ancient … Continue reading →

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I Knew There Must Have Been More to This…

Posted on May 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Scandal (1989) At the time of the Profumo Affair, as it is known, the idea that a ‘call girl’ could be sleeping with a government minister under Harold Macmillan and associating with a Soviet consular official at the same time … Continue reading →

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The Boy Prince Who Never Grew Up

Posted on May 27, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Jun 10, 1921) Oh, boy. There have been rumours for decades about Prince Philip, Consort to Elizabeth II. There might be something to those stories, but can they be repeated in mixed company? Philip’s birth … Continue reading →

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