Time to put down some thoughts about the 2022–23 Portland TrailBlazers season. This is often the very best part of the NBA season for Blazers fans as no games have been lost, no players injured and it is the easiest time to start talking yourself into things like “I’ve heard…

There is a tendency to think of art as a luxury. Food and drink are necessities, but art is something to indulge when your basic needs are covered. We sometimes think about it like the sprinkles on the icing on the cake. It has long been the case that whenever…

I was thinking today about idols. More the “gods we make” type than the “Billy” type. Though both are interesting to ponder. I was taught in Sunday schools to avoid worshiping anything other than the version of God my parents and church knew. It was always presented as a lesson…

It is unlikely that you or I will change any laws through our social media posts. We might….might….change someone’s mind, but even that is probably a long shot. So, as I watch my social media feeds heat up with important debates about laws and rights and lives, I can understand…

Something I began to ponder as I watched a show about England before it was England. The show is about love and Britain. For me, it helped illustrate the contrast between something fleeting and something eternal. What we now call England was essentially governed by the Roman empire for almost…

My friend Stephanie who is a brilliant songwriter and musician was recently asked to write a song about the “essence of humanity” for a time capsule project. A tall order indeed so she posed the question to her Facebook friends. My first thought was that “essence of humanity” sounds like…

The long-standing tension between religion and science is an unnecessary battle born of misunderstanding not truth. And like any war, there have been casualties on both sides. Religious people have made themselves exponentially more vulnerable to misinformation and disinformation because they are taught to mistrust good sources of information and…

As you likely know, airplane seats are rather compact to put it kindly. The amount of physical contortion required to do something so simple as taking your phone out of your pocket while sitting on an airplane requires a set of qualities mostly reserved for world class gymnasts and acrobats…

I don’t usually post sports stuff here, but just in case any of you don’t follow me on Facebook and care about the Blazers, I thought I would offer this bit of light reading. After losing all four preseason games by an average of more than 25 points and losing…