First English Charter for American Colonization1606
10 April 1606 King James I of England chartered two Virginia Companies, headquartered in different cities in England, to establish colonies along the coast [...]
Elderhood, Youth, and Shoes
A friend of mine yesterday started a cell phone discussion thread about elderhood. He isn’t as old as I am, but old enough and experienced [...]
Take Heart!
Take heart! Although the news each day seems more and more alarming, with political divisions and unrest at home and abroad that seem more and [...]
Mother’s Day
A Reflection on Mother's Day, maade in 2012 by Glenda Taylor Some of the statistics may vary from year to year, but the [...]
Voices Imagined in Spring
A unique glance at springtime in a season of suffering through imagined voices of the Great Feminine Archetype Me: [...]
Timeline of Christianity
1000 BCE Jewish writings assembled, the Torah, the earliest part of the text that was subsequently known to Christians as [...]
Courage for the Moment
Many of us are exhausted with the various social, political and moral dilemmas of our time. We do well to listen [...]
Election Eve, During a Pandemic, 2020
The Day Before Election, in a Pandemic, 2020 This is not political. This is about me. As I am [...]
On A Difficult Day
Today I had to reach deeply into the sources of my spiritual life, seeking the means to be with, in a sacred way, as I like [...]
Independence, for Some
“In 1775, the population in America was 2.5 million. About one-fifth of all Americans were black, and nearly all of them were slaves living in the [...]