by Gary Simpson | May 23, 2026
Consider this to be a postscript to yesterday’s post on the finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last year when CBS made the shocking announcement of the decision to cancel The Late Show after a 33 year run, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was,“What...
by Gary Simpson | May 22, 2026
May 21, 2026, was the very last time the in-person and on-line audience of late night TV heard the familiar words that had greeted us for the past 11 years, “Welcome. Welcome one and all, in here and out there to the Late Show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert.” In...
by Gary Simpson | Feb 27, 2026
“Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” : “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – Current Olympic motto adopted in 2021 to emphasize solidarity during challenging times It is a long distance and many decades away from a 2026 locker...
by Gary Simpson | Feb 18, 2026
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” – Psalm 139:14 It is Ash Wednesday in the year of our Lord 2026, the beginning of the 40 day observance of Lent. What a time to be alive as a citizen of...
by Gary Simpson | Feb 1, 2026
Justice. Mercy. Humility. Do. Love. Walk. Over the seven years that I have been hosting this Creation Justice blog, the scripture verse that has appeared far more than any other is Micah 6:8. I think of it as a six word formula for living the good life: do justice,...
by Gary Simpson | Jan 29, 2026
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,…” – from the Preamble to the Constitution “Learn to do right; seek justice.” – Isaiah 1:17a This year of 2026 is unique in that it will mark the...