Peter Putnam

Peter Putnam I was Peter’s student at The Union Theological Seminary, NYC, during the late 1960s. For me, he was life-changing.  Shaking and changing. Probably the best way to tell you about Peter is from this website, which is recent, no doubt by a student or someone who grasps his importance.  Pay special attention to…

A Reflection On Jesus’ Ancestors

One God – One WorldOne Race – One Caste New Skete Monastery and The Moravian Church are the only church homes where I feel comfortable and trusting these days. This is ironic because I am ordained in the United Church of Christ (before they went crazy), confirmed in the Episcopal Church (before they went crazy),…

Overtures And Rejections

As Is The Feeling,So Is The Result. In 1973, I offered to serve in The Chaplain Corps of The United States Navy. I passed the physical and Navy brass in San Diego made arrangements for me at the school for such things in Rhode Island. My first friend, upon matriculating at The Union Theological Seminary,…

Weaponized Empathy And The American Red Army

As Is The Feeling,So Is The Result. The Rev. Dr. Paulus Johannes TillichThe Union Theological Seminary1949 This is not just Ds planning. This is the over-lord force of very rich NGOs — religious ones, foreign policy ones, to include The Federalist Society, and nominally USG agencies, especially IC ones — most of them effectively subordinate…

Jesus Of Nazareth And God

As Is The Feeling,So Is The Result. This booklet, here in PDF format made from original typescript as preserved in photocopy of the day, dates from 1984. It bears the title Jesus Of Nazareth And God. Arguably this booklet is my favorite writing. I had fun making it and now fun again making PDF files from…

The Facts And The Truth

As Is The Feeling,So Is The Result. BLUF: FLOTUS Trump Keep searching for the facts, but never lose scent of the truth. Facts embody truth, shielding truth from easy viewing, making truth not obvious or easy to grasp, so that truth has to be sussed out from facts, beaten out of them if necessary, while…

Thandava – XXIII

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT David R. Graham Roger locates the socialist virus in our educational system, and I think he is right about that, too. I would go farther and finger the teachers’ unions as the number…

The Project To Queer Theology [Christianity]

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Colleges offer courses on ‘queering’ children, the Bible Apparently the writer neglected to survey The Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.  This “project to queer theology [Christianity]” is ancient history…

A Shameless Self-Promoter, I

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT In March of 2009, I self-promoted in this essay: I Am A Progressive Gay Liberal,  Or Try To Be. In August of 2009, I self-promoted/reported to the White House’s occupiers’ so-called Fishy…

North Korea, Up Front And Fluid

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The North Korea situation is up front and fluid, and I am no expert on the area.  I think it is not a country, not a sovereign nation state, and I…

The Strategic Condition Of Western Europe

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The strategic condition of Western Europe has been recast pretty much from top to bottom.  Their thinking and ours, I think, regarding the new casting lags reality by an order of…

USA Strategic SitRep, MENA: A Fresh Look

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT For sixteen years, senior USA leader cadre, civilian and military, Democrat and Republican, has been sending the electorate to fight an enemy they refuse to name for a strategic objective they…

Deep State And Mother Russia

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Fundamentally, two questions are at trial today in the USA, one on process and one on policy. 1- Are unelected oligarchs and their federal and/or foreign executives — bureaucrats — the…

” … And I Will Give You Rest.”

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis, et ego reficiam vos. Matthew 11:28, Latin Vulgate text by St. Jerome. Eleven years ago, in 2006, I put in writing observations and…

Message To The Donald Trump Campaign

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT This morning I used their contact page to send this message to The Trump Campaign: Mr. Trump asks for the best, fresh, realistic thinkers on USA foreign policy, post-Cold War.  That would be…

Abandoned To Self-Destruction – Take 1

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Pomona College is abandoned to self-destruction. Columbia University is abandoned to self-destruction. The University of Redlands is abandoned to self-destruction. The Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is abandoned to self-destruction. The Episcopal Church is abandoned to self-destruction. The…