Monthly Archives: November 2010

This has been a terrible year for Haiti. For many years I have worked in Haiti and the Dominican Republic building schools, assisting orphanages, documenting Human Trafficking and child slavery for Human Rights organizations, teaching science and English and providing … Continue reading →

Disciple of the Pear Garden, Syncretism of Religion, Art, and Science During the Tang Dynasty at Amazon.com in January of 2011. Available through New Sinai Press.  Proof copies are available now for Christmas at  http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/a-disciple-of-the-pear-garden/13847904 at a 25% discount. This … Continue reading →

This is a small blue that tends to stay in the grass. This butterfly belongs to a class of brown butterflies. This butterfly is a joy to watch. It glides with wings straight out. It flaps one or two stokes … Continue reading →

In 1968 there was an American football game between Harvard and Yale. It ended in a tie although Harvard trailed the entire game. Even with 42 seconds to go Harvard trailed 13 to 29. A touchdown, an onside kick and … Continue reading →

      I was a guest at Christ in the Desert Monastery in New Mexico waiting for a VISA to return to Turkey where I was serving as a priest and assistant to the Bishop at St. Gabriel Syriac … Continue reading →

Lǚ Dòngbīn (呂洞賓) A sculpture of Lu Dong Bin (also called Lu Yan, and Lu Tung Pin) is in Dazu, China among the caves of Baishan. I have identified his historic figure as direct evidence of Christianity in the Caves … Continue reading →

      Chongqing is a city of caves. They have been used for shelter, protection in war, and storage areas for over 12 thousand years. Ancient Ba people carved caves in the soft limestone. Early Chinese civilizations used these … Continue reading →

On  July 2, 1963 I walked to the mailbox after milking cows on my father’s farm in the Skagit Valley in the State of Washington and retrieved our family mail. I opened the Seattle Times and saw the headlines that … Continue reading →

Today I explored dozens of caves and miles of tunnels underneath Chongqing, a major metropolitan city of 20 million people. Chongqing sits on a massive limestone ridge. The backbone of this ridge runs about 20 miles  along the center of … Continue reading →

I’ve been having a wonderful time with my business students. We have been investigating how to develop NGO organizations in China. In the midst of these discussions we have been looking at intellectual property rights, differences in the application of … Continue reading →