Given how the events of this past week have affected my heart, I’m going to do something I’ve not done for years and share my testimony 1. My childhood – as with many of us – was a mixture of happy, confused, angry, and sad 2. I was part of a big extended family, and…
Category: Thoughts
The March
Yesterday I decided to attend Palmyra High School’s graduation. We’ve been in Palmyra for fourteen years, and this was the first graduating glass in which we knew a good number of those who were receiving diplomas. A good number even attended our youth group during their elementary and middle school years, so seeing them making…
Mirror Time
I received a notification on my iPad as I was getting ready to face the day last Wednesday – A gunman had attacked a group of Republican Congressional Representatives. Soon after a friend, with whom I have often commiserated over the state of our culture, sent me a message, “And now we’ve devolved into shooting…
Freedom?
Over the weekend I began seeing stories, with associated video, about Bernie Sanders establishing a religious litmus test for public office during a recent confirmation hearing. Having watched the video, and read people’s responses to it, I’ve got some thoughts to share. First, to my Evangelical kin who are shouting, “Foul!” at the senator’s comments….
Round and Round
Today was Riverton’s Historic Criterium. What’s a criterium 1?A criterium is a short-distance bicycle race with a number of sharp turns. The course in Riverton is eight tenths of a mile and, over the course of five hours, Riverton’s event runs several races — each between twenty-five and forty miles. I’ve never before photographed the…
Standing With History
I am a lover of history. So I was overjoyed when I found out Palmyra was inviting a living piece of history to come and be honored by our community. Dr. Clarence B. Jones is scholar and civil rights worker who is perhaps best known as an advisor, personal attorney, and speech writer for Dr….
