He should have stayed in Zoar...

“The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.” (Ge 19:23)

From Scripture, we have been apprised of two underlying truths about the human condition and the temporal existence assigned to us:

• the world lies in wickedness. (1 John 5:19)
• nothing new ever happens. (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11)

Demythologizing the Beats...

What a difference a decade makes. In the mid-1950's, I was happily growing up in what sociologists defined as a NUCLEAR FAMILY: dad, mom, son (that would be me) and daughter. Dad worked, Mom was the homemaker, my sister and I went to school.