Sunday Service

Usually, the Sunday Service post spotlights a charity whose work has appealed to me through either the organization’s vision, its mission, or timelinesss of need served. Today, however, is not a usual day.  To somehow add to the conversation on this tenth...

The text of the Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the...

Tuesday Tidbit

Special Election Day edition!  People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote — a very different thing. ~ Walter...

Why we celebrate

It’s Independence Day.  Did you remember? July 4th is more than picnics and fireworks.  Today is the 234th anniversary of when the Continental Congress of the thirteen united States of America unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence from the monarchy...

When I think of freedom…

…I think of my son, who fought to protect our freedoms in search of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, the rights of the people in Iraq to self-determine their form of government, and then the rights of the Afghan people to hold free and fair elections in their...

Patriotism or religion?

Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, covering eleven states and territories and based in California, ruled against a group of atheist parents who brought suit based on their belief that the Pledge of Allegiance represents government endorsement of...