Billie Silvey
August 2005:  Church Planting
Editorial
Church Planting
Paul, the First Church Planter
Interview with Meredith McCollum

September 2005:  Getting Involved
Editorial
Neighborhoods
Deborah, an Early Political Leader
Making a Difference: The Hahns in Los Angeles

October 2005:  Mystery
Editorial
Fear
Mystery Revealed
Three Christian Mystery Writers

November 2005:  House
Editorial
The Roaring 20's
This Old House
Fitzgerald & Thalberg

December 2005:  Gifts
Editorial
Giving in America
The Greatest Gift
Giving Yourself: One Person's Experience with Hurricane Katrina

January 2006:  It's About Time
Editorial
Marking Time
Time in Scripture
Helen Young: Taking Time for the Important

February 2006:  Valentines
Editorial
Famous Lovers
Love in Scripture
Bill and Ruby Green--They Taught Us to Love

March 2006: Travel
Editorial
Two Trips
Abraham's Journey of Faith
Interview with a Traveler

April 2006: Words
Editorial
Media
Good News
News Personalities

May 2006:  Spring
Editorial
Baby
New Life
Toby

June 2006:  Rugged Individual
Editorial
Life Together
Koinonia
Tom Olbricht

July 2006:  Father's Day
Editorial
Patriarchy
God My Father
Three Fathers

August 2006:  Work
Editorial
Masters and Servants
Working for God
Three Christian Bosses

September 2006:  Education
Editorial
What Is Teaching?
Teaching the Bible
Three English Teachers

October 2006:  Movies
Editorial
Movies by Decades
Movies Go to Church
The Movie Lover

November 2006:  Thanksgiving
Editorial
Bounty
Gratitude
Willa Myers

December 2006:  Peace on Earth
Editorial
Good Will
Peace with God
Peace Within

January 2007:  Cat People
Editorial
A World of Cats
Top Pop Cats
The Story of Marlowe

February 2007:  Architecture
Editorial
A History of Architecture
The Living Temple
Mary Archer, Architect

March 2007:  Weather
Editorial
Climate Change
Dr. Joe Friday
Where Is God?

April 2007:  Industrial Revolution
Editorial
History of the Industrial Revolution
Social Effects
Three Reformers

May 2007:  Spring Growth
Editorial
Seasons
Seasons of the Soul
Growing Through the Seasons

June 2007:  Where in the World?
Editorial
Lay of the Land
All Around the Town
Spiritual Mapping

July 2007:  Trees
Editorial
Trees in Los Angeles
Anatomy of Trees
Three Trees in Scripture

August 2007:  At the Beach
Editorial
Beach Cities
Pacific Shore Animals
Mighty Ocean

September 2007:  Flight
Editorial
History of Flight
Flights of Fancy
Flight in Scripture

October 2007:  The 40s
Editorial
Headlines of the 40s
A 40s Romance
Right and Wrong

November 2007:  The Romantics
Editorial
The Romantic View of Nature
Four Romantic Artists
Romantic Themes and the Bible

December 2007:  The Birth of Jesus
Editorial
Jesus's Birth in Art
The World Jesus Was Born Into
What Jesus's Birth Means to Me

January 2008:  Simplicity
Editorial
Simplifying Time
Simplifying Space
Spiritual Simplicity

February 2008:  Seeing Stars
Editorial
History of Cosmology
An Elder in Space
Where Is God?

March 2008:  Making History
Editorial
History of L.A.
Genealogy
Bible History

April 2008:  Sculpture
Editorial
History of Sculpture
Arthur Williams
Religion and Sculpture

May 2008:  The Redemptive Power of Music
Editorial
Classical
Jazz
My Sound Track

June 2008:  Hard Times
Editorial
The Great Depression
Surviving the 30s
Joy in Hard Times

July 2008:  Hurray for Hollywood
Editorial
History of Screenland
(Im)morality Plays
A Walking Tour

August 2008:  Planet Earth
Editorial
Environments
My Father's World
Endangered Planet

September 2008:  China
Editorial
The 5 Dynasties
Religions of China
Learning from China

October 2008:  The 60s
Editorial
A 60s Timeline
Four 60s Movies
Christian Principles

November 2008:  Gambling on the Stock Market
Editorial
Greed and Excess
Values
The Christian and Money

December 2008:  Be Our Guest!
Editorial
Roots of Hospitality
Welcoming Strangers
God's Feasts

January 2009:  Firsts
Editorial
Katyana's Firsts
A New Era
In the Beginning

February 2009:  India
Editorial
India's Land and Wildlife
History of India
India's Religions

March 2009:  Archeology
Editorial
Sites and Finds
Three Women in Archeology
Archeology, Religion and Indiana Jones

April 2009:  My West
Editorial
Scenery of the West
Historical Timeline
Morality of the West

May 2009:  Youth and Age
Editorial
Slowing Down
The Hundred-Acre Wonderland
Renewal

June 2009:  Byron and Romanticism
Editorial
East and West
Scandal
Revolution

July 2009:  Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies
Editorial
Types of Insects
Entomologists
Transformation

August 2009:  Under Sail
Editorial
History of Ships
Parts of a Ship
The Poetry of Sailing

September 2009:  Museums
Editorial
Exhibits
Bible Museums
A Night at the Museum

October 2009:  An American Family - the Kennedys
Editorial
Three Brothers and a Sister
Giving Back
God's Call To Service

November 2009:  Rockhound
Editorial
Geology
Rocks and Minerals
Rock of Ages

December 2009:  Pearl Harbor
Editorial
Two Leaders
Michio Nagai
Fearing Fear

January 2010:  Chicago
Editorial
Timeline
Architecture
Saints and Sinners

February 2010:  Chaucer
Editorial
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's World
Pilgrimage

March 2010:  Pirates
Editorial
Golden Age of Piracy
Captain Blood
Piracy Today

April 2010:  Gardens
Editorial
Poetry of Gardens
Katyana's Garden
God's Garden

May 2010:  Light
Editorial
Optics
Sources of Light
"Let There Be Light"

June 2010:  The Gilded Age
Editorial
Timeline
Ragtime
Fashionable Living

July 2010:  Constantinople
Editorial
The Crusades
Istanbul
Bridges

August 2010:  Hawaii
Editorial
History
Animals
Apology

September 2010:  Counseling
Editorial
Marriage Counseling
Jenny Ricker
Honesty

October 2010:  Masks
Editorial
Masks Around the World
Masks in Drama
Hypocrisy

November 2010:  Grain
Editorial
Bread
Baking Bread
Bread of Life

December 2010:  Music
Editorial
Orchestra
L.A. Phil
Messiah

January 2011:  The Future of L.A.: Apocalypse?
Editorial
L.A. Is Not Doomed
Two Visionaries
The Four Horsemen

February 2011:  Gordianus
Editorial
Rome
Roman Republic
Roman Religion

March 2011:  Black and White
Editorial
Film Noir
Noir Detectives
The Morality of Noir

April 2011:  Water--Blessing and Curse
Editorial
City Water Supplies
Chinatown
Living Water

May 2011:  Egypt
Editorial:  Nonviolent Resistance
Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra
Egypt in Scripture

June 2011:  Spring of Royalty
Editorial
The King's Speech
Coronation of Elizabeth
A Sense of Duty

July 2011:  The King James Version
Editorial
King James I
Influential Books
The Word of God

August 2011:  Cotton
Editorial
King Cotton
The Fabric of My Life
"The Other"

September 2011:  Radiation
Editorial
Manhattan Project
Peaceful Purposes of Nuclear Power
Radiation in Popular Culture

October 2011:  The Amazon River
Editorial
Biodiversity
State of Wonder
Deforestation

November 2011:  The American Dream
Editorial
The Vanishing Middle Class
Warren Buffett
Equality in Scripture

December 2011:  Labyrinth
Editorial
Medieval Labyrinths
Hedge Mazes
Labyrinth in Popular Culture

January 2012:  Natural Disasters
Editorial
Earth / Water
Fire / Air
Learning from Disasters

February 2012:  New Orleans
Editorial
New Orleans Culture
Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans in Popular Culture

March 2012:  Printing
Editorial
Printing Press
"Big Enough"
Truth

April 2012:  Midnight in Paris
Editorial
Paris
The Lost Generation
Nostalgia

May 2012:  Alice in Wonderland
Editorial
Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Alice in Popular Culture

June 2012:  The Chandlers and Los Angeles
Harry Chandler
Norman Chandler
Otis Chandler
What Makes a Great Newspaper?

July 2012:  Chocolate
Editorial
History of Chocolate
Chocolat
Fair-Trade Chocolate

August 2012:  Hospital
Editorial
The Team
My Family
Spiritual Health

September 2012:  Victorian London
Editorial
Victoria and Albert
Sherlock Holmes
Jack the Ripper

October 2012: Vampires
Editorial
Dracula
The Vampyre
Vampires Today

November 2012:  Volcanoes
Editorial
Krakatoa and the Ring of Fire
Excavation and Re-Creation
Judging Pompeii

December 2012:  Roots of the Renaissance
Editorial
Brunelleschi
Donatello
Fra Angelico

January 2013:  Guns
Editorial: Growing Up With Guns
Massacre
What Kills?
Guns and Christianity

February 2013:  Russia
Editorial
History of Russia
Russian Culture
Arkady Renko

March 2013:  Planning for Retirement
Editorial
Physical Health
Mental Health
Emotional Health    

April 2013:  Hallelujah!
Editorial
Leonard Cohen
Covers
The Books

May 2013:  Photography: The Lens of History
Editorial
Alfred Stieglitz
Dorothea Lange
Ansel Adams

June 2013:  William Shakespeare
Editorial
Shakespeare's London
Shakespeare's Theater
Tragedy

July 2013:  The Wizard and Us
Editorial
Over the Rainbow
The Wiz
Wicked

August 2013:  50 Years
That Boy
History
Learning
Popular Culture

September 2013:  Discovery
Editorial
Portuguese Discoverers
Space and Sea Discoveries
Discovering Us

October 2013:  Doctor Who
Editorial
Companions
Villains
Morality

November 2013:  Thanksgiving
Editorial
June--Monterey
July--Asilomar
August--Anniversary

December 2013:  Oh, Freedom!
Editorial
With Liberty and Justice for All
Emancipation
Equality

January 2014:  Downton Abbey
Editorial
Highclere Castle
World War I
King Tut's Tomb

February 2014:  The Zoo in Our Backyard
Editorial
"Let's Be Neighbors"
Synurbization
What Now?

March 2014:  The Orient Express
Editorial
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot
David Suchet

April 2014:  The Near East
Editorial:  Meeting God in the Desert
The Rise of Islam
The Ottoman Empire
The Arab Spring

May 2014:  Brave
Brave:  The Movie
Brave:  The Birthday Party
Brave:  The Setting
Brave:  The Virtue

June 2014:  Bees
Editorial
Honeycomb
Bee Products
Disaster

July 2014:  Our Family Trip to Rome and Paris
The Fantastic Four (Silvey brothers)
Villa al Lago
Rome:  Layers
Paris:  Civilized

August 2014:  The Sun
Editorial
Solar System
Photosynthesis
The Sun and Life

September 2014:  Aida
An Opera to Open the Suez Canal
The Canal
The Archaeologist Who Wrote the Story
The Making of Aida

October 2014:  Racial Unrest: Déjà Vu
Editorial
To Protect and Serve
Representative Democracy
Overcoming Race Problems

November 2014:  Income Inequality
Editorial
The Rich Get Richer
The Poor Get Poorer
The Vanishing Middle Class

December 2014:  Holiday Food
Editorial
Food and Family
Spiritual Food
Food and Culture

January 2015:  JMW Turner
Editorial
The Industrial Revolution
Mr. Turner, the Movie
The Getty Exhibit

February 2015:  Glass
Editorial
Glass in History
Lenses
Fiberglass

March 2015:  Homelessness in L.A.
The Homeless Count
Darrian
Why Homelessness?
Next Steps

April 2015:  History of English
Editorial
Standardization and Spread
3 Influential Writings
My English

May 2015:  My Granny's Story
1918
The Flu Pandemic
World War I
The Impact on My Life

June 2015:  My Birth and Early Life
Editorial
Link Trainer
Happy, Texas
California Dreaming

July 2015:  Life in Happy
The Huxfords: From the Banks of the Wabash to the Texas Plains
June Wesley
The Shop
The 50s

August 2015:  Life in Abilene
Abilene, Texas
Education
The Optimist
The Wedding That Almost Wasn't

September 2015:  Welcome to L.A.
Editorial
Architecture
Water Wars
Walter Mosley

October 2015:  War, School, Family and Work
Vietnam
Our Kids
Graduations
The Magazine

November 2015:  Our Life in Culver City
Our House
Culver-Palms Church
Ministry
Community

December 2015:  A Delicate Balance: Life in Retirement
A Delicate Balance
His Special Presence
My Best and Worst Year
I Love a Mystery

January 2016:  The Wounded Healer
Editorial
T. S. Eliot: East Coker
Henri Nouwen
Becoming a Wounded Healer
Archive