Author name: Dean

Recently the city of Portland had a tree lighting ceremony, but it was not a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.  An […]

As part of our family’s Thanksgiving gathering we went to a Christmas lightshow in Portland. It was at a place

Sometimes it seems like Christianity is too much of a list of rules.  Religious people tend to like rules.  Why? 

Just yesterday I finished a 1,033-page biography of Mark Twain, written by author Ron Chernow. Prior to that, I had

Last Tuesday, New York City elected as mayor, by a sizable margin, Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist.  His policies

I always like to find evidence of Christian faith in great people.  When people make timeless artworks, music or literature,

There are so many things to say about prayer.  Here I will try to narrow the focus to how prayer

Last Sunday at church, they were starting a new series on community. The community life pastor preached the sermon. Individualism

The Church of England (also called the CofE or Anglican Church) just appointed a new archbishop of Canterbury. This is

In my reading through the Bible, I’ve come to the book of Revelation.  When done, I will start over again