Shaun Lewis

Shakespeare’s King Lear is the story of a foolish king who had three daughters. Wanting to divide his kingdom among them, Lear said he would reward the daughter who loved him most with the largest third. Two of the king’s daughters were skilled at flattery. Back and forth they lauded their father with praises, expressing […]

By the 1500’s, more than a thousand years had passed since commoners had read the Word of God for themselves. It was only available in Latin. Translation was illegal, and attempts to do so were destroyed. Burning books? It’s hard for us to imagine, but knowledge is power, and English Bibles were once destroyed for

Long before the tech bubble of the 90’s or the more recent real estate bubble was one that rocked Holland about 400 years ago. It was the Dutch tulip-craze bubble. Tulips arrived in Holland in 1593, and no one had ever seen tulips before. Their blooms were so vibrant, far more concentrated than any other

Pakhom was a poor Russian farmer who worked hard to eek out a living. He and his wife were happy with their lives, though Pakhom had one grievance. He wished he owned the land he worked. Winter came, and the poor farmer heard of land for sale. It seemed far out of reach, but Pakhom