Back-to-Back Anniversaries of Atrocities
I write this from my cottage deep in the woods of the Japan Alps. A generation ago, before the advent of modern telecommunications deprived us of real and true isolation and the respite it brings, I would not have been as engaged with current affairs as I am now. I might watch the NHK (Nippon…
A Sparrow on the High Wire
It was a chilly day toward the end of May in Japan’s Alps. Three days it had taken my wife and me to get back here from stateside, but we were still a long taxi ride away from our cottage. Waiting for the car in the warm hotel lobby, I spied a sparrow up on…
A Step Too Far
The appointment of Dame Sarah Mullaly to the historic See of Canterbury in October 2025 has sent shock waves throughout the Anglican Communion. The chair of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda, in an official communique noted that the decision “abandons global Anglicans.” There is a possibility that when GAFCON…
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Handwritings on the Wall 