It was the summer of 2021. I hadn’t picked up on the news that Japan’s prime minister had appointed a Minister of Loneliness. (Apparently the UK had done that a…
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Witnessing — Come On In!
Back in the day, TV personality Art Linkletter was used to awkward conversations—with little kids, that is. Some of his famous kid interviews became his book Kids Say the Darndest…
Shinjuku and One Man
Shinjuku, Japan (a district of Tokyo), is a happenin’ place, including being home to the world’s busiest train station. (At last count in 2022, more than 3.6 million people a…
The Customer Is Always Righteous
[This old article seemed worth resurrecting for today. Businesses are shorthanded, have inexperienced workers, have supply-chain issues … Customers/Clients (maybe having their own troubles) can all too easily lose patience. But…
Prayer—Two Extremes
Could there be any more widely separated extremes than what we’re seeing in reactions to public prayer? Back in 2015 (though I only just learned of it early in 2023),…