In the early hours of April 2, 2015, gunmen took over 700 students hostage on the campus of Garissa University College, freeing Muslims and killing those who identified as Christians. 147 people were murdered and at least 79 were injured. As in the Westgate shopping mall attack in 2013, the [...]
Earlier this month, Pope Francis released an historic encyclical calling for a “revolution” in how humankind relates to the environment. In making his plea for radical changes in “lifestyle, production and consumption” that has pushed the planet to a “breaking point”, Pope Francis draws upon theology, science and history. He [...]
I made a new friend the other day. He was in Bed A and I was in Bed B of Room 14 in the small hospital here on the island, near Seattle, where we live. I was recovering from abdominal surgery and was loopy from pain drugs. He had a [...]