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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 of North America, “which are not now actually possessed [...]
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 enough to qualify as an elder, and a wise [...]
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 more severe and absurd, do not think that hope [...]
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 honoring remains genuine.
Voices Imagined in Spring
A unique glance at springtime in a season of suffering through imagined voices of the Great Feminine Archetype Me: All these lilies here are my Mama’s lilies. That [...]
Timeline of Christianity
1000 BCE Jewish writings assembled, the Torah, the earliest part of the text that was subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament 990 BCE David, already king of [...]
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 to the wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor [...]
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 this day before the national election, during a [...]
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 to say, what I am experiencing of the outer [...]
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 South. In Virginia, slaves were half the population, while [...]
Never Needed Any Lessons in Being White, by Gary Stallard
This article first appearied in the Lufkin Daily News, Lufkin, Texas, June 4, 2020, reprinted here with permission of the author. James was my best friend at the time. [...]
Then and Now: Words That Apply
December 23, 1776 THESE are the times that try men's souls. …Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more [...]
Lift Up Your Eyes
It was on my morning walk early this morning, with my head down carefully keeping my eyes on the trail before me lest I trip over a root or step [...]
Thomas Jefferson Writes About Jesus
Jesus Christ, detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, IstanbulPhoto by Edal Anton Lefterov, via Wikipedia, CC 3.0 “I have promised to write someday about my views…This view would purposely omit the question [...]
The Jewish Tradition, by Dawn Warren
The Hebrew language, culturally considered the Jewish language, has flourished since before the 10th century B.C.E. In Hebrew, the word Torah means “teaching” or “law” and refers to Judaism’s founding legal and religious texts. The Torah calls the [...]
Timeline of Some Ancient Writings
Timeline of Ancient Writings In my years of research, I have learned that it is useful to have a timeline of "who said what" "when." As we all know, versions of history and philosophical [...]
On Centering GalleryOn Centering
Change: Quotations, Consciousness, Energy, and Matter: Quotations, Cross-Cultural Mythology, History and Culture, Intention and Expectation: Quotations, Mysticism: Quotations, Native American, Oneness and Unity: Quotations, Poetry, Psychology, Spiritual Diversity: Quotations, Spirituality
On Centering
On Centering The quotations are all from the book The Tao of Symbols, published in 1982 by James N. Powell “…Where is the still center of this turning universe? Are [...]
Reaffirming Possibilities
“…The attack against reason and objectivity is fast reaching the proportions of a crusade…We desperately need to reaffirm the principle that it is possible to carry out an analysis of social life which [...]
Warnings
“In war, a physical force is to be created; and it is the executive will, which is to direct it. In war, the public treasures are to be unlocked; and it is [...]
Motives That Affect Only the Mind of the Sovereign
“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it; nay, absolute monarchs will [...]
Have We Forgotten What We Have All Been Taught?
Father and Child at US Border, AP imaage “Let the children come unto me…It is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should [...]
Carriers of Water in the Desert
A quote from Gerald Hausman: “Recently a Native American friend said, ‘We are all carriers of water now. Carriers in the desert. We cannot drop even a drop. We must share what we have [...]
Herodotus’ View of Gods and Fate
Herodotus' View of "Gods" and Fate Michael Grant, in his study The Ancient Historians, speaks of Herodotus’ remark that no nation knows more about religion than any other. Grant writes: “He believed, that is to [...]
Community Forum on Lesson Lesson Eight–In Good Order–In Defense of Civilization
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Community Forum on Lesson Seven–The Medusa Effect–In Defense of Civilization
To Return to Lesson Seven Click here Please join the conversation by leaving your reflections, questions, amplifications or whatever as a comment below. To Proceed to Lesson Eight Click here [...]