Advent, the prelude to Christmas, is upon us. It is the season of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. And yet we still have war, conflicts, and unprovoked attacks on innocent people. Peace and goodwill are nice sentiments, but we have a ways to go to achieve them. I thought you might be encouraged to read what a few insights have said about peace and goodwill. From Dr. Martin Luther King First up, thoughts […]
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Giving Thanks Again
We soon come to the annual tradition of giving thanks again in the form of Thanksgiving Day. Sadly, the original intent of the holiday has been buried in the Black Friday promo ads and non-stop athletic competitions, with some gorging themselves into poor health while others struggle to find enough to eat at all. The 2022 Midterms are now behind us. Some of my candidates won by very thin margins. Some lost by equally thin […]
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Thanksgiving History
As we approach Thanksgiving 2022, it is time to again set the Thanksgiving History record straight. The Pilgrims were not the first Americans to have a period of thanks for an abundant harvest, nor did they invite the Natives to join them. Many Indigenous North American communities had their own traditions of giving thanks for a fall harvest centuries before the Mayflower sailed into Cape Cod Bay. The Natives who gathered with the English settlers in […]
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Labor Day Today
“Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, some done, Has earned a night’s repose.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Labor Day Today As we head into the beloved Labor Day weekend and transition from summer to fall and another academic year, let’s pause and consider the ancient tensions between those who do the manual work that keeps society going and those who finance that work. Labor Day today is more about […]
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