This election made me feel very old. It seems that history has passed me by. All the old truths once held to be inviolable are being tossed out the window. My childhood heroes are being reclassified as villains, and social activities and language once considered abhorrent are now thought normal. I have the sensation of […]
Many of Trump’s former allies are turning on him. A few cabinet members and other high officials have resigned. Some accuse him of inciting the recent riots in Washington by his refusal to accept the election results. Trump responds with vicious assaults against these one time friends and supporters of his administration. I detest fair […]
Too bad the election season is ending in riots. There is no excuse for violence. We are a nation of laws. The law gets it wrong on occasion, but we must accept its decisions. Trump alienated many of his supporters by his refusal to accept a result that appeared inevitable. Now, after the outbreak of […]
America is sometimes described as a melting pot, and in many ways we are. Although first and second generation Americans tend to cluster with those of the same race or nationality, within a few generations that distinctiveness and separation begins to disappear. The process of amalgamation is accelerated by our increasingly mobile society. The American […]
Democrats in the House of Representatives are considering new House rules that would ban the use of most gender specific words. “He” or “she” would become “Member,” “Delegate” or “Resident Commissioner.” And “father” and “mother” would become “parent” while “brother” and “sister” would be “sibling.” I believe the world is going mad. It brings to […]
I thank God for the Church and for Christian fellowship. I had the good fortune of being born in a loving, Christ centered home, and I have been faithful in attending church for most of my life. For the past 42 years I have been a member of the Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church in […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray that this will be a much better year than the one just past. 2020 was a year of pandemic and political turmoil, and I have never seen the country more divided than it is today. Take a deep breath, and reach out to your neighbors with a hand of friendship. […]
Consider for a moment the beautiful verse that closes the beloved Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter. What can I give Him,Poor as I am?If I were a shepherdI would bring a lamb,If I were a wise manI would do my part,Yet what I can I give Him,Give my heart. This theme has been expressed […]
Love came down on Christmas. Jesus said: “Love each other as I have loved you.” “Even as you do (or do it not) it unto the least of my brethren, you do it (or do it not) unto me.” “The first and greatest Commandment is to love God with all that is […]
Do you celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas? Those holy days begin on Christmas Day and end on Epiphany, January 6. Epiphany is the Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi to the Christ child, thus marking the revelation of Jesus Christ as God incarnate to the gentiles. Celebrate the Twelve Days of […]
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