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Until You are Tried in It Personally

The following statement by Abraham Lincoln greatly expresses my current thoughts on the removal of Confederate monuments and the renaming…

Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate Statues, Slavery

Reading The Diary of Anne Frank: Would I Have the Courage?

When I read literature about the Holocaust, American slavery, and Civil Rights, I am always amazed by the bravery with…

Anne Frank, Courage, Holocaust, The Diary of Anne Frank

What to Read? What Not to Read?

This long-ish post essentially covers my reading adventures and my thoughts about said adventures. Feel free to skim my ramblings. …

Autobiographies, COVID, Malcolm X, Non-fiction, Reading, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Toni Morrison

Reading Adventures

I’m starting a full-time Ph.D. program in the fall. For the first time since I took the GRE, began the…

Books, Doctoral, Reading

George Floyd

When I learned a man named George Floyd died during an encounter with the police, I must confess that I…

America, Civil Rights, Emil Durkheim, Racism, Slavery, United States

Will You Accept or Reject Christ?

On Saturday, I read Matthew 26 and Matthew 27, and what stood out to me most in these chapters were…

Church, Crucifixion, Easter, God, Messiah, Resurrection, Resurrection Sunday

The Sunflower Diaries: The Hope in Chaos

Sometimes, when I am staring out the living room window and hear the birds sing happily from the swampy area…

Corona virus, COVID-19, Faith, God, Holocaust, Hope, Jesus Christ, Nature, Pandemic, Sunflowers

The Sunflower Diaries: Rest

I did not expect the COVID-19 crisis to become a time of rest, but it has. Sometimes, I feel guilty…

COVID-19, Faith, Friendship, Nature, Quarantine, Relax, Rest, Spring, Tulips

The Sunflower Diaries: Sunflower Seedlings, Bug Bites, and Allergies

I’ve been spending a lot of time outside, walking and working in the yard, and I have the bug bites,…

Allergies, COVID-19, Gardening, Nature, Quarantine, Spring, Sunflowers

The Sunflower Diaries: Uber Productive

Saturday, March 29 was a very productive day. I got up early and fell into my normal routine. I exercised,…

Cleaning, Corona virus, COVID-19, laundry, Lockdown, Quarantine, Reflections, Religion, Sunflowers

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