by Wayne Fowler | Jun 29, 2025 | NGN
George Washington expressed the hopes and dreams of his fellow citizens when he delivered his first inaugural address in 1789. We have traveled a long road since then. Even so, Washington’s charge is still before us. In that speech he declared, “The foundation of our...
by Wayne Fowler | Jun 22, 2025 | NGN
On a Saturday in May, over seven thousand people were baptized at an event called Baptize California at Huntington Beach. Skeptics might dismiss it, but what if it is evidence of the latest spiritual awakening? I say “latest” because it has happened before in America....
by Wayne Fowler | Jun 15, 2025 | NGN
Martin Shaw is an author and former professor at Stanford University. His specialty is mythology and storytelling. His best story is about his own spiritual journey. Shaw grew up in a religious home. As a young man, he played in a rock band until tinnitus stopped him....
by Wayne Fowler | Jun 8, 2025 | NGN
Engineering is applied math and science. During my career as a civil engineer, I observed how math and science improved the tools of the trade. Let me borrow from that to address one of mankind’s ultimate questions. My practice area was water hydraulics. Decades ago,...
by Wayne Fowler | Jun 1, 2025 | NGN
April 29, 1975 was a fateful and chaotic day in Vietnam. Anyone associated with the Americans was frantic to leave Saigon by any means available. The North Vietnamese were about to overrun the city. Major Buang was a South Vietnamese pilot. In a desperate attempt to...
by Wayne Fowler | May 25, 2025 | NGN
It was the 1950’s, but to this family it might as well have been the 1850’s. They lived in a log house near the swamps of Louisiana. No electricity. No running water. Their food came from subsistence farming, hunting, and fishing. It was common in that time and place...
