Contents

1. A Grand Introduction
2. 1. The Dumbing Down
3. 2. Violence! Mayhem! Destruction! And Other Great Reasons to Send Us Money!
4. 3. The Camera Lies
5. 4. The Ache & The Endless Sea
6. 5. Shake
7. 6. Behold! The Superstar!
8. 7. Words of Murder
9. 8. Look at it Again
10. 9. Now and Then
11. 10. Reversal
12. 11. When is Enough, Enough?
13. 12. The Decline and Fall of the North American Church
14. 13. Words of Life
15. 14. It’s Your Lucky Day!
16. 15. Another Day in Gotham
17. 16. 7-Reasons for Hope
18. 17. Is There a Purpose for the Pain?
19. 18. Condemned
20. 19. Questioning
21. 20. Answers?
22. 21. Staring at the Sky
23. 22. After the Party
24. 23. She Comes...She Goes...
25. 24. The Joy of Stupidity
26. 25. Walls
27. 26. A Lesson in Pain
28. 27. Restoration/Waiting
29. 28. Light in the Darkness?
30. 29. What it Takes
31. 30. Self-Isolation and the Creative Spirit
32. 31. At Rest?
33. 32. Conversations After Midnight
34. 33. Bias
35. 34. The Love Experts
36. 35. The Real Pandemic
37. 36. 75 Years After VE Day
38. 37. Generation After Generation
39. 38. The Quiet Warrior
40. 39. 1918 or 1914?
41. 40. Escaping the Desert
42. 41. 14 Ways to Stay Mentally Healthy
43. 42. Fear is
44. 43. One?
45. 44. How to be Subversive
46. 45. Mob Rule
47. 46. Suffering Pain and Salvation
48. 47. Living in Reverse
49. 48. The Wisdom of Cattle
50. 49. Dear America, It’s Time We Talked About Canada
51. 50. 7-Ways to Beat Burnout and Depression
52. 51. Generosity. What’s the Point?
53. 52. What Do You See?
54. 53. The Colors of Living
55. 54. More Stuff Ta Be Mad About!
56. 55. A Broken Soldier (A Letter Home)
57. 56. 8 Problems With Christianity (And Answers to Them)
58. 57. Rebels (the Making of)
59. 58. Fireworks
60. 59. When You Are Falling…
61. 60. Catch 2022 (A Vision of the Future)
62. 61. Eyes Open (World Vision)
63. 62. The Game of Life
64. 63. The Power of Walking Away
65. 64. Tides
66. 65. In the Ashes of Love
67. 66. The Stupidity of Censorship.
68. 67. Buried/Alive
69. 68. Herman & Melvin and the Great Cattle Outbreak!
70. 69. Two Pictures of Beauty
71. 70. Swimming for Shore
72. 71. Birds Flying (falling)
73. 72. In the Morning After
74. 73. How Do I Get Out of Here?
75. 74. Hard at Work (Or Hardly Workin?)
76. 75. CrazyWorld
77. 76. Is There a Way Back to Sanity?
78. 77. Letters to Someone, Somewhere
79. 78. In Times of Sinking
80. 79. Courage
81. 80. Maturity
82. 81. Wisdom
83. 82. Honor
84. 83. Truth
85. 84. 7-Tips for a Great Halloween
86. 85. Love in Times of Scandal
87. 86. A Girl in Grey Twilight
88. 87. A Boy at the Edge of Midnight
89. 88. Dawn
90. 89. Evil is Boring (Be Good)
91. 90. Lightlines
92. 91. Behind the Mask
93. 92. Grace & Failure
94. 93. How Should We Behave When the World Goes Crazy?
95. 94. The Work of Art
96. 95. Bridge Work
97. 96. Your Vices/My Verses
98. 97. Connect
99. 98. Disconnect
100. 99. Systems of Stupidity
101. 100. We Are All Sailors
102. 101. Recommended Reads for the Holidays (Satire)
103. 102. What is a Radical?
104. 103. In Winter, Still
105. 104. Spiritwind
106. 105. Look Higher
107. 106. Joy to the World?
108. 107. Wondering About Tomorrow
109. Kelvinism
110. Christmas in Our Town
111. Stories From Our Town
112. Going Off the Deep End
113. The Author