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Rosemary Durham

The most dangerous profession is being a U.S. President!

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] What is the most dangerous profession? The statistics are amazing. What job has a one-in-five chance of severe injury or death? With the exception of John F. Kennedy, all presidential assassinations and attempts have been against Republicans. Since the first assassination of Republican Lincoln,…

Bonhoeffer lived his life and talents effectively, do we?

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] Dietrich Bonhoeffer. What sense does the name evoke? Who is he? Do you know his family? Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) with a twin sister Sabine. Their father was a professor of neurology and psychiatry, who opposed the Fuehrer’s…

Does this match what you have learned?

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] What happened? For the first 200-years from the Europeans in America, education was provided primarily by ministers. In 1635, Joseph Cotton, a Puritan minister influenced the establishment of Boston Latin School to teach basic academic skills and religious principles. In an interesting re-definition, this…

Opera singer Macchio wonderful, but not a household name

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] As I was saying. These words were the intro to an unexpected opera experience. Christopher Macchio is not exactly a household name, unless you are an opera fan in New York. We were watching a memorial honoring 50-year-old fireman Corey Comperatore, who was murdered…

Collegiate awakening, decisions will determine future

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] College awakening. Those terms often refer to the stirrings as a young adult. In this sequence, it is the very different religious experience akin to the first Great Awakening. Jonathon Edwards (1703-1758) entered Yale University before he was thirteen, already fluent in Latin, Greek,…

Space aliens may be possible, but there is only one Creator

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] Space aliens. At the risk of guffaws, the discussion is real. Not surprisingly, it is a direct follow-on to the last article about awakening. The topic took on a more mainstream acceptance when Congress recently had hearings on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP), formerly Unidentified…

Awakening refers to a new encounter with God

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] Awakening. Coming out of a slumber, becoming aware, a shift in consciousness, an appreciation of reality which had been previously unrealized, are some of the definitions. The term has been used twice in the American history to define a widespread religious experience across society….

Civics courses educated students on our government

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] Civics was in the day. Until recent years, the education process included Civics as a required course on entering high school. As youngsters were getting older, it was assumed they needed to know how to live and function within the society and within the…

Silence never wins, engage to win society back

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] Silence never wins. Both sides of the political spectrum argue that society is in turmoil and more divided than ever. History bears out that turmoil is inevitable when the differences have a philosophical root. Let’s go back to the most ancient history commonly available….

Throughout history there are no atheists in foxholes

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[Looking at history and our area’s unique political and religious attitudes.] There are no atheists in foxholes. This well-known aphorism came from a sergeant sharing a foxhole with US Army Lieutenant Colonel Warren J. Clear during World War II fighting in the Pacific. The statement appeared in an Associated Press story dated April 11, 1942,…