Category Archives: Intelligence

The Beams of New Oxford Hall

Posted on August 17, 2018 by tmrichmond3

I love a good story, and this is one of my favorites. I first read it in Stewart Brand’s The Next Whole Earth Catalog. It was told to him by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson. New College, Oxford, is of rather … Continue reading →

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A Heart, and “Da Noirve”

Posted on August 13, 2018 by tmrichmond3

The two boys were a bit different from the other parishioners, even from the other kids in the church. One was 15, the other was 17. They were both in a band. There were both on the cutting edge of … Continue reading →

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If I Only Had a Brain

Posted on August 6, 2018 by tmrichmond3

Third in a series of sermons on the Wizard of Oz. This week we are looking at the Scarecrow, and the need to be thinking Christians.   I was a young Christian, trying to figure things out, and I was … Continue reading →

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