by Mark Beckwith | Dec 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, is an English translation of an ancient 5h century BCE Confucian proverb. It is visually depicted on a carving above the entrance to the 17th century Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan, consisting of three monkeys who, in turn,...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
We are pursued by darkness. Literally. Darkness comes earlier each day in the northern hemisphere, culminating on December 21, the shortest day of the year. The deepening darkness can do a number on our psyches: seasonal affective disorder –also known by the apt...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is a memory that keep popping up. After my sophomore year in college in 1971, I signed on to be a door-to-door book salesman with the Southwestern Company based in Nashville Tennessee. Originally a company that sold bibles, it had recently evolved into selling...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
“…Trumpism is a thoroughly religious movement”, David French wrote in a November 16 op-ed in the New York Times. A self-described evangelical Christian, French went on to say that since Trumpism is a religious phenomenon, it requires a religious answer. I agree. And...
by Mark Beckwith | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A national day of Thanksgiving was first declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, to be observed at the end of the harvest season, in late November. Over the decades the date moved around several times, and in 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt issued a...
