A Peculiar Experience      While my wife Mari shops at Trader Joe’s on Sundays, I sit outside of a local bagel place and watch the people. I even talk to some passers-by. Every now and then I fellow walks by looking for a handout. I generally carry a few bucks in plastic baggies just for…

WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPARISON OF THE WORDS OF AUGUSTINE AND PASCAL      Augustine said: “I believe in order to understand”, while Pascal said, “The heart having reasons that the reason does not understand”. Augustine could be read as saying: “I am believing as a way of understanding” and Pascal could be read as saying:…