Listened to Sean Faircloth this Sunday afternoon. Much appreciated his analysis of the rising Christian Right in Canada as in America. Compelling and affirmative of the basic position I have maintained in this gathered circle of perspective.

Today's talk may appear online in the time to come. Till then, here is a lecure congruent with the lecture I heard to day. The key concepts and phrases expressed in this lecture were also expressed in the Kamloops lecture.

Most of the time, I give in to courtesy and reluctantly offer a 'bless you' (sometimes opting for the German, but equally demeaning, 'gesundheit'). 'Excuse you' sounds awkward. As an atheist, though superficial, this is quite the problem. How can one be sympathetic and acknowledge a sneeze without being theocratic about it?