A movement for World Citizenship does exist, and practically every country in the world, including the U.S., has granted visas to the holders of its passport. For those interested in the history of this movement, there is an informative website:My plan tonight is to place my reflections on a personal level, more within the contextsContinue reading “A Case for World Citizenship”
Author Archives: Galina DeRoeck
A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Last November a group of us from Tucson, Arizona, went on a trip to Israel/Palestine. For the last four years I have been a member of a local Tikkun group. Before that I had not known much about Zionism or the foundation of Israel, or the condition of the Palestinians. I became impressed with peopleContinue reading “A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land”
War and Peace
My friend John and I just came back from our Trans-Siberian trip. I had been to Russia, and before that to the Soviet Union. My connection to that part of the world has to do with the fact that my parents were born there, but left the country in 1920 because they were on theContinue reading “War and Peace”
Theology Uncorked
WHY DO WE NEED ENEMIES? I had initially planned to talk about my peace activism, which included several trips to the Soviet Union, mostly with religious groups, to conduct people-to-people encounters. I will refer to them briefly, but now feel that it might be more timely to focus on the Ukraine issue. This is, inContinue reading “Theology Uncorked”
Salt of the Earth
So how do I take it from what John the Leninist/Stalinist told you? As Joe warned you, I am the child of Russian exiles. What that actually means is that my family, on both sides, were Whites, i.e. fought on the opposite side of the Bolshevik Revolution, and left the country in 1920. What thisContinue reading “Salt of the Earth”
SCHIZOPHRENIA by Ronald Chase
I’ve been reading books on mental illness for the last thirty years because my son has been diagnosed with a number of them, including schizophrenia. Dr. Chase’s book is one of the better ones I’ve come across. His is a double story: A story of personal grief as he witnesses the course of his olderContinue reading “SCHIZOPHRENIA by Ronald Chase”
Love in the Time of COVID
The dialogue presented here is a record of the woman’s version. My companion John and I have been isolating now for some time. Like everyone else, we do venture out for groceries (wearing a mask) – and walking our dog Andy in the park (without a mask). I insist on the mask mostly not toContinue reading “Love in the Time of COVID”
The War Drums are Beating Again: Can you hear them?
My friend John and I did a Trans-Siberian train trip last July. I had been to Russia, and before that to the Soviet Union. My connection to that part of the world has to do with the fact that my parents were born there, but left the country in 1920 because they were on theContinue reading “The War Drums are Beating Again: Can you hear them?”
The Cave
She hadn’t gone on a hike for some time. When she woke up that day, and all the stuff she needed to do started piling up in her head, she decided to take a hike. But she had promised to take Betty to chemotherapy, and the girls, her granddaughters Suzie and Nicole, needed to beContinue reading “The Cave”
THE CLOWN by Heinrich Boll
INTRODUCTION Heinrich Boll was born into a catholic pacifist household that apposed the Nazis and he refused to join the Hitler Youth. He was apprenticed to a bookseller before going to Cologne University to study German. Conscripted to serve in WW II, he was wounded 4 times and also contracted Typhoid Fever. He was capturedContinue reading “THE CLOWN by Heinrich Boll”
