Non cooperation with evil is much a duty as cooperation with good. — Gandhi. Gandhi’s non-cooperation and civil disobedience won India its freedom from Great Britain, and his words and actions won him world wide acclamation. I have been a big fan for years and have and read several biographies. I am drawn to his…
Month: July 2018
July the Fourth 2018
Think you are too young to make a difference? Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776: James Monroe, 18 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 James Madison, 25 Thomas Jefferson, 33 John Adams, 40 Paul Revere, 41 George Washington, 44 Consider: “The U.S. had more job openings this spring than unemployed Americans.” (Wall…
The Only Fitting Response To God’s Mercy and Grace
Some day soon I am going to try and write about my thoughts about how does one fight injustice without becoming unjust oneself. You might think that it is easy, but I think this internal struggle is at the heart of what we are called to accomplish. The Hubbell Pew is starting to receive some…
Biscuits, Trains, and a Staircase To Nowhere
In Rick Bragg’s latest book, The Best Cook In the World, he tells the story about his mother and biscuits. Like most young women who grew up in the rural south during the depression, Rick’s mother, Margaret, had learned to cook just about everything by eighteen, except her mother wouldn’t let her try her hand at biscuits.…