The last 2 days will be a period that few of us will forget. For only the second time in our nation’s history the Capitol building was violently stormed by outside forces. In 1812 it was the British who ransacked…
As I sit here and write this on the first day of the year I am keenly aware of how important both personal and community care is right now, and how lies and misinformation are seeking to divide us a…
Not sure about you, but to co-opt a Dickensian phrase, it feels right now “like the best of times and the worst of times.” The worst of times aspect is readily apparent right now, what with more Americans dying each…
Imagine you were able to go back in time exactly 12 months and find me here in my office at the church, writing my column. I am not sure I would believe you when you described what this November has…
While this last week has been unseasonably warm here in New England and parts of the Midwest, today definitely feels like a mid November day: chilly, damp and dark. Perhaps that is why I wanted to wish all of you…
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest. This is one of my favorite lines attributed to the incomparable Winston Churchill. According to Snopes and the Churchill Society he actually did say something to that effect,…
This has been a very intense election seasons and I know many of us are exhausted and just want it over with. There is a chance that there may not be closure on Tuesday night however as ballots are counted…
I hope everyone reading this is doing okay this week. I continue to hear from many of you and I know that all of us are experiencing frequent “ups and downs” amidst this unusual and hopefully temporary reality in which…
April 17, 2020 I read this week about the three astronauts who have been working in orbit for the last 200+ days at the International Space Station. Usually people who spend 100 or more days living within the cramped confines…
I remember many years ago my grandparents describing to me what happened to American society in 1941 in the weeks following Pearl Harbor. They recounted how they witnessed the rapid and disorienting transformation of their society and “world” as the…
