Coffee, it seems was first invented as a drinkable hot beverage in the monasteries in Ethiopia when monks got Yergasheva beans from the goat herds. The technology then was passed around the monasteries in the Mediterranean, creating various permutations, for example Cappuccino is named for the Cappuchin monks who came up with that variation. Here below is a very interesting recent scientific study of the health benefits of coffee, if drunk in moderation and without a ton of additives. See... Read more

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Lyle Mays was asked to do a soundtrack for a Biblical film, called Moses the Lawgiver….. I found this on You Tube… Enjoy BW3 Read more

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During the beginning of this month, we will be looking at Patrick Mitchel’s fine book, The Message of Love and having a dialogue with him about it. To whet your appetite, below is a sample page, to begin to give you the flavor of things to come. Read more

In the past several years, there has been marked criticism of the Academy that oversees Motion Pictures for a lack of diversity or inclusion on a whole variety of fronts. Probably partially in over-reaction to that criticism, the Korean film Parasite (in Korean with subtitles) not only received the Oscar this month for best international film, it also won the Best Picture Award, an unprecedented double prize. Previously at Cannes it had also won the Golden Palm award. In my... Read more

At first I thought the owner was a nature lover. I was out jogging and all I could see from a distances was images of frogs…. but then, on closer inspection, this ancient Lincoln had this license plate….. This is BW3, and I approve this message!!! Read more

“Before telling Moses his Name, God prepares for doing so by saying, ‘I will be who I will be’ (Exod. 3.14). God is the one who freely determines who he will be. He is not the God of Israel because he, as it were, finds himself that. Rather he freely chooses to be Israel’s God and commits himself to Israel. That was then [at the burning bush]. Now God says ‘I will be gracious to whom I am gracious and... Read more

ASH WEDNESDAY OFFERING The painter said, ‘these are my prayers,’ And he wept at his unfinished paintings. Conceived with inspiration, Unfinished in frustration, A source of agitation, But still, offered up…. Still, not cast out. Somewhere between vision and verisimilitude Between conception and execution Lies a chasm, That may or may not be bridged. If you falter, have you failed? If unfinished, of no avail? Or is it like Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony? Ironically, yet truly Full of revelation The best... Read more

The following is Neibuhr’s accurate summary of the ‘Gospel’ of ‘progressive’ Christianity, which frankly is no Gospel all, because at the heart of the Gospel is repentance, the atoning death of Christ, and fundamental change to human lives. In other words, while God begins with us as we are, he never ever wants to leave us there in our narcissistic, fallen condition. Here is how Neibuhr (who I was blessed to sit under at Harvard), sums things up. “A God... Read more