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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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”
BEING THERE
“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.[2 Corinthians 12:9-10] While scrolling through Facebook on Tuesday morning I was reminded that eleven years ago, in 2014, I officially beganContinueContinue reading “BEING THERE”