REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR PRESENT REALITY

Discernment is a form of spiritual reverse engineering. Reverse engineering is a process where something is disassembled and examined in detail to discover the engineering process involved in the manufacture of the product.  Competing markets do this with...

Hope for Cities

I lived in Portland, Oregon during college. I met my wife in the city. In those days Portland was a stable and beautiful place. Few cities in America have such a beautiful skyline. In the last few years parts of Portland have descended into despair. The nation watches...

Righteous Judgment

While working as a detective, I had a conversation with a noted lawyer during a recess in a court proceeding. He commented, “If it were a matter of law, I would rather have a judge, not a jury, hear my case. If the disposition of the case in my favor required an...

Sit Down. Shut Up and Submit.

Many times, just before dawn while still in bed, I will process a thought. Last night was one of those times. I was processing how we respond to hot social topics. I purposefully left out certain descriptive words in the previous sentence that might make an...

The Dangerous Potential of Freedom

Whenever freedom is experienced, spiritually or culturally, its impact can never be reversed. At all costs and through any means available, freedom will be challenged by those desiring to remain in power because freedom in any form is the greatest threat to the lords...