Month: June 2013

Smash the idols of this public religion.

Posted on By pukeko
Over the last year or so this Blog has become more overtly religious and less political. It's also become less about the other things that happen in my life -- in part because I do not want civilians harmed (one has respect privacy. Including within… Read More

Choose carefully. How to live, and where to live.

Posted on By pukeko
Persecution comes, but it is most likely to be regional. A wise person can choose where to be, and where to raise their children. This is not something to delegate, but something to think carefully about. At times the urbanite will have to flee,… Read More

At times, run.

Posted on By pukeko
This text follows directly on from the one in the lectionary yesterday. I'm not sure when Jesus was talking about Jerusalem being surrounded -- he had prophesied the destruction of the the temple, which happened in 72 AD, when Titus circumvalleted… Read More

Our duty, hard times.

Posted on By pukeko
I've been following the events in the world and writing realistic but bleak commentaries over the last few days. The question is what to do in rough times. Attached to that is what will happen in the future. And that leads directly to the text.
Luke 21:5-19

5When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts…

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The Cappy and Jesus… agree.

Posted on By pukeko
I read this over at Cappy Capitalism yesterday. The Captain, who is the son of a preacher man, is one of my favourite misanthropes. Because he does not pull punches. He's honest -- to the point of getting thrown out of bars. But this is what he… Read More

Teach wisdom (It’s not palagarism, it’s sharing).

Posted on By pukeko
Why link when you can quote? Kristor on why he has hope for the androsphere, since if you reject one form of politically correct propaganda you become open to rejecting other parts of this and rediscovering wisdom and sagicity.
The…
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Not silenced, still alive.

Posted on By pukeko
It's winter here, and the first thing you turn to is the weather in the morning. We expect wind, rain and snow in the next few days -- and people in the town often cannot get home (and staff who live in the rural parts of the city often cannot get… Read More