Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,As the swift seasons roll!Leave thy low-vaulted past!Let each new temple, nobler than the last,Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,Till thou at length art free,Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea![OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.] By now, everyone in the world has seen the stunningContinueContinue reading “STATELY MANSIONS”
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NO KINGS
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.[Psalm 95:3] Every so often I have to step away from reading all the junk that passes for journalism these days. When I turn on my desktop and click on the browser I am at once bombarded with stories of every whichContinueContinue reading “NO KINGS”
FRIENDSHIPS, FREE SPEECH, AND GOOD WILL
Let your ways be known upon earth, your saving health among all nations.[Psalm 67:2 Book of Common Prayer] My wife, Linda, served three years in the Peace Corps in Thailand back in the seventies. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy to promote world peace and friendship by providing trained volunteers toContinueContinue reading “FRIENDSHIPS, FREE SPEECH, AND GOOD WILL”