Lorien Johnson

Generalized Notes of Observation from a liberty-inclined, ocean-crossing historian-in-the-making.

Category: Missionary

Failing at Fondue

The Daily Mail has published an article about yet another retro-living woman who has spent a week pretending to live with the resource limitations of another era. We’ve seen women of the 1930s and 1940s, and couples of the 1950s… today, however, we are graced with the attempt by one woman to live in the [...]

Must Christians Obey Old Testament Law?

Here’s a small essay written in response to a question in my seminary class on the Old Testament. Christianity stands in direct connection with the covenants between God and humanity. Accordingly, Christians must study the history of God’s relationship with man and the principles He has communicated. The Abrahamic Covenant became an unconditional promise of [...]

Wise Guys

We will be using the Wise Guys program. It invites kids to learn principles and verses and apply them in their daily lives each week.

Citizen's Arrest: Adventures in Bolivian Babysitting

7:40am I woke up to an extraordinarily loud “Screech! Chunk! Thud. CRASH!“ from Simon Lopez, our busy city street. I run down the stairs to hear “Lorien! Camera!” and my siblings yelling, “The van! The van?” The crash was not our van, but instead a drunk driver crashing into one of our large metal gates. [...]

Analysis of Bolivia and How Evo Could *Truly* Win

We heard some fascinating political and legal analysis on current events from a top-notch specialist in Bolivian law. I’m not naming him here simply because I didn’t get his express permission to do so. Kindly, deal with it. I’m posting the analysis, and then we can all go about researching it as we wish. Prior [...]