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2024
Weekly Reflection: Believe the Survivors
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was recently awarded to a Japanese organization called Nihon...
Weekly Reflection: Voices of Peace Amid the Pain
Earlier this week marked the one year anniversary of the horrendous October 7 attack on Israel by...
Weekly Reflection: Paying the Price at the Polls
Earlier this week, my wife and I voted in this year's national election. The process of early...
Weekly Reflection: A Dangerous Dog Whistle
The term "dog whistle" has at least two different meanings. It refers to a kind of whistle used in...
Weekly Reflection: The Most Memorable Speech at the DNC
Political conventions are full of speeches by famous people. This week in Chicago, the Democtatic...
Weekly Reflection: The Power of Perseverance
Along with many others, I spent much of the last two weeks watching the Olympics in Paris. There...
Weekly Reflection: Happy 100th Birthday to an American Prophet
August 2 is the 100th birthday of the American prophet James Baldwin. In the Biblical tradition, a...
Weekly Reflection: Preemptive Nonviolence
Since the horrific assassination attempt against former President Trump that killed one man and...
Weekly Reflection: Civil Rights and Backlash
This month is the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and important civil rights...
Weekly Reflection: The Fight for Freedom 1776 and 1964
Our best known and celebrated national holiday is The Fourth of July. On this date each summer, we...
Weekly Reflection: The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Comes Home
Last week our nation observed Juneteenth. It became our most recent national holiday in 2021. By...
Celebrating Juneteenth
This week our nation observed Juneteenth!! It was June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the...
2023
Weekly Reflection: Finding Jesus in Bethlehem in 2023
During this Christmas season, the nativity scene is one of the most beloved images in many...
Weekly Reflection: A Different Kind of Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is one of the most anticipated days of the year. Children await the coming of Santa....
Weekly Reflection: Keeping Us All in the Family
Norman Lear died on December 5 at the age of 101. He was a prolific writer and producer who was...
Weekly Reflection: A Time to Remember All the Children
At this time of year, our thoughts turn to the Christmas season as experienced by children. Many...
Weekly Reflection: Predator or Person
Twenty five years ago this week, an article in the Weekly Standard by Princeton Political Science...
Weekly Reflection: “Where Were You When…?”
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November...
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