Merry Christmas!
Joy to the World!
Author: Edwin Sandy Jordan
Graduate of the University of North Carolina. Korean War vet. Widower. Christian conservative. Celebrated my 96th birthday on August 30, 2025. Photos below are of me and my wife Ann circa 1951-4 (married 63 yrs) and of our five sons in 1970.
Expediency and Honor
The term “expedient” is sometimes translated as an action considered to be convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral. We have seen many instances of expediency in American foreign policy. Most recently, we may to be seeing it in Syria. President Trump has said that he is pulling American military personnel out of […]
Good Thoughts and Beautiful Memories
I love a good story with a happy ending. I know that life can be cruel and difficult, but I prefer to concentrate on good things. Many years ago I read an absorbing and exciting adventure story based on certain historical events. I totally identified with the protagonist and was wrapped up in his life […]
Joy to the World!
Joy to the World; The Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King: Let every Heart prepare him Room, And Heaven and Nature sing. Joy to the Earth, The Savior reigns; Let Men their Songs employ; While Fields & Floods, Rocks, Hills & Plains Repeat the sounding Joy. No more let Sins and […]
Christmas Memories
Last Christmas I shared these memories and thoughts with my church family. Today I post them on my blog so that I can share with all of you. Christmastime is such a magical and wonderful time of the year. Today I still have that sense of excitement about the season that I first felt as […]
Celebrating Christmas
On occasion people express concerns about Christmas observances in public schools or in the public square. Some years ago, in Utah, there was a brief imbroglio resulting from a young woman’s objection to the inclusion of Christian songs in her school’s choral performance. Since this was during the Christmas season, her complaint caused a bit […]
Remember Pearl Harbor
There are certain events in your life that stand out above all the others. Hurricane Hazel, the assassination of President Kennedy, the destruction of the World Trade Center are events I remember vividly. Then, of course, there was Pearl Harbor. That was an event that turned our world upside down. In 1940 and 1941 America […]
George H. W. Bush and Willie Horton
Over the past few days memories of William Horton and the 1988 Presidential Campaign have been revived in the press. Some commentators have used these old news accounts as an excuse to label the late George H. W. Bush as a racist. What is the basis for this label? Is it justified? On October 26, […]
Energy
When we consider the life of a notable man or woman we often fail to consider the role of energy in his or her accomplishments. Some individuals have an overabundance of that life force that we call energy. Others are deficient. I am painfully aware of these energy differences. I was married to a supercharged […]
Atheists vs the Cross
The Supreme Court will soon decide the constitutionality of a towering cross-shaped memorial to Maryland men who died in the First World War. In November 2018 the justices agreed to hear a case in which the American Legion is asking the high court to reverse a 2017 Fourth Circuit Court ruling that the memorial violates the […]
