It was -15F, the frost on the window next to my bed has become a thick coating of ice. But the sun is shining for the first time since I arrived. I had an opportunity to meet with Sergei, an evangelical leader whom I had not seen for many years. We met at a nice…
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When objectivity breaks down
Despite the fact that Kierkegaard thought that “Truth is Subjectivity” there are some good things to be said for objectivity. But what often passes today for objectivity can be anything but. Here is a bad recipe for being objective: 1) Identify the different positions or perspectives involved. 2) Hear them all equally and balance each…
Leadership failure on Maidan
In the last 10 days of January, things in Ukraine changed, and people around the world began to take notice. Sad to say, but, given the “Hollywood mentality” of many in the “developed” world, nothing really important happens anywhere until a) it gets covered by our media of choice and b) there are pictures and…
Learning to learn from those who have been taught. Observations from Kyiv
The news hasn’t changed much since I left Kyiv last week. It remains a tense standoff, without clear directions as to how to defuse it, with prospects for resolution developing along vectors that include splitting apart the country, massive damage and loss of life, civil war or financial and/or governmental collapse. Meanwhile, the country muddles…
Dispatches from Maidan
It had been a long trip home, but we were almost there. As we crossed the creek and headed toward the Mill, a couple deer crossed the road, timid sentries along the outskirts of our little place in the woods. Our three dogs noisily acknowledged our arrival, having been patrolling the area in our absence….
EuroMaidan Dreamin’
We got out of the Holler for Christmas and met some folks we hadn’t seen since our days in Kyiv. Unlike many, they were quite aware of what had been going on with EuroMaidan. Their sincere question was “How is all this affecting the people you’ve known for all these years?” The question is probably…
A Ukrainian Yankee in Rebel Territory
Here I am, looking out over our creek, which had ice on it this morning… now it’s pushing 60 degrees. In the beginning of January. Is this global warming? Life in the South? Random environmental fluctuations? And how should I know? This place is now “home” to us… we needed a home, we’d prayed for…
Mill Pond Porch 