Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Woke Christian Women

WOKE CHRISTIAN WOMEN

As I follow the political and cultural news in America, I become increasingly distressed over the weaponization and misappropriation of the word “woke.” I know that there are radical groups on the left that claim this word as their own and use it to reflect their unique experiences, biases and agenda, and then there are other groups on the political right that interpret this word through their own experiences, biases and ahenda. It reminds me of the debate decades ago...

Welcome sign at Bowdoin College

AN ACCOUNT OF OUR VISIT TO BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Deena and I are about to commemorate our first year in quarantine.  It actually started in mid-March, 2020, after I got back from a visit to Texas.  She and I have been pretty faithful about observing the restrictions.  It’s not just that we’re both over 65 and a virus like this might set us down for the count.  The other half of the equation is that we don’t want to spread the virus to other people who might become gravely ill because of our...