History, Real Life and Faith
November 11 is Veteran’s Day in the United States. It’s been that way since 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11 Armistice Day (the original name). He noted: “To us in America the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with – solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service, and with gratitude for the…
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November 11 is Veteran’s Day in the United States. It’s been that way since 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11 Armistice Day (the original name). He noted: “To us in America the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with – solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service, and with gratitude for the…
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Today always provokes bitterness in people. It doesn’t even matter what day it is, bitterness overcomes and erodes who you are. It’s got a definition: “negative emotion or attitude, similar to being jaded, cynical or otherwise negatively affected by experience.” That person you’re furious with is imago dei–made in the image of God. S/he may be behaving badly toward you….
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We’ve been watching and reading the Poldark stories since the first year of our marriage. Living in Ballston Spa, New York, we had only four television stations: the usual three and PBS. On Sunday nights, we turned on Masterpiece Theater for the first time. We watched Alistair Cooke introduce Poldark II and were hooked. Several relationships between the characters puzzled us…
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Martin Luther nailed a lengthy piece of paper to the Wittenburg church door on October 31, 499 years ago. Luther, a monk, announced his dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church that day and sparked the Reformation of Christianity. His 95 theses declaration changed civilization; some believe for good, some think for bad. Certainly, my life is better because of it, and so…
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Of course I thought of Dracula when I saw the wedding would take place in Transylvania. Wouldn’t you? I knew nothing about Transylvania other than Dracula–but had a passing familiarity with the story–vampire, Bela Lugosi and a castle. Dracula appeared in my favorite Abbot and Costello Film: Abbot and Costello meet the Wolfman. I knew about coffins and silver stakes and…
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