I am a conservative because I believe in conserving sacred spaces. One of those places is Yellowstone National Park, a sacred place I visited this past week. While many of you were worshipping inside man-made sanctuaries, I was worshipping in the sacred temple created by God in the lower Montana and upper Wyoming region. There I watched a geyser spew near-boiling water 130 feet into the air at almost the exact minute the park geologists predicted. I drove my car close enough to a black bear...

I started C3 six years ago after the birth of my first grandson because I was concerned about what scientists were saying regarding the trajectory of a warming planet and its threat to all creation. Scientists warned that unchecked fossil fuel emissions could destabilize human civilization by the end of this century. A strong scientific consensus emerged that if global temperatures rise 2°C above pre-industrial levels, cascading effects could follow—rising seas, extreme weather,...

Greyfriars Kirk , Edinburgh, 2025* Written by C3 Guest, H. Stephen Shoemaker We huddled from the cold morning in expectant quiet, the organ breaking the silence playing “ In dulci jubilo”, “ Good Christian friends rejoice with heart and mind and voice!”, variations on the ancient tune from minor to major keys, as the light breaking forth from the darkness and sadness of the world into joy. At the central altar a Menorah stands, eight candles lighted, next to the Christ Candle lighted by a...