by Greg Jarrard | Nov 16, 2021 | Blog
I have. It’s probably been a lonely job. If you take the words of the Gospel writers seriously–and I do–then what conclusions do you draw from these last few verses of the Gospel of John? John 21: 20. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus...
by Greg Jarrard | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
The 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal postulated that the way we conduct our lives has eternal consequences. It’s been called “Pascal’s Wager,” and it explains that God-fearing people, acting in faith, recognize that the promise of eternal rewards...
by Greg Jarrard | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
According to Wikipedia, a “cairn” is a “human-made” pile of stones. It is a Scottish Gaelic word that has been in use for a very, very long time. Cairns are used to mark the summit of a peak, to serve as headstones–to mark a gravesite–or for ceremonial purposes, like...
by Greg Jarrard | Jun 14, 2021 | Backstory
In our generation, it was President Ronald Reagan who asked Americans to dream of a “Shining City on a Hill.” His ideal place harked back to visions of grandeur in a speech that Puritan leader John Winthrop first delivered on the ship, the Arbella, one of a dozen on...
by Greg Jarrard | Jun 14, 2021 | Backstory
Looking back at the beginning of the book I have written, I am not sure when President Calvin Coolidge makes an entrance, but his intrusion into the story now seems providential. I suppose I did pick the year 1925 out of a hat–it seemed like a good period for a...
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