by Mark Beckwith | Apr 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the past week I have had several conversations with friends about our respective opinions on what is happening on college campuses across the country, as students have set up encampments to protest the war in Gaza and insist that their university divest any...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I write this post on the first day of Passover, an annual commemoration of the Exodus story, when the Israelites escaped their slavery in Egypt, traveled through the parted waters of the Red Sea, spent forty years in the Sinai wilderness, and crossed the Jordan River...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
While Spring is officially on the calendar, it is still inching into southern New Hampshire, where I live. Some daffodils are emerging, taking their time after a surprise snowstorm earlier this month. This long wait for spring calls to mind my two-year sojourn in...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
I fell for a scam last week. My computer froze, a pop up alarm appeared and said needed to call Microsoft immediately to protect all that was stored on my desktop, lest foreign hackers steal my data, documents and identity. The Microsoft number was prominently...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
He broke out. He got up. In faith Christians proclaim that Jesus rose from the grave: Alleluia! Christ is Risen. What follows are hymns of praise, expressions of joy, a profusion of flowers – all offered to gatherings that are double the size of a normal Sunday...
by Mark Beckwith | Mar 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I arrived in Japan in late August, 1973, for a two year fellowship, the country was preparing to honor the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo earthquake, which upended the city for four minutes on September 1, 1923. 140,000 people were killed, many by the 7.9...
