Thanksgiving isn’t simply a holiday celebrating the triumph of the Pilgrims. Around the world, it’s celebrated as a holiday in which people give thanks and sacrifice for the bountiful harvests they accumulated during the fall. The United States, Brazil, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, and parts of Australia and the Netherlands all celebrate a holiday called “Thanksgiving”, …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
What I Like About Teaching
Recently, a young relative of mine needed help with his homework, so he and his parents asked me for help. Doing this was a wonderful experience for me. My “student” is very earnest and intelligent despite the difficulties he has with his homework. Helping him out has reminded me of one of my old dreams: …
Pilgrim’s Patriotism
What we come to know as the spirit of America – the ideas of freedom and democracy, as well as the unique, American form of Christianity – was founded by an unlikely group: a bunch of Radical Protestant Christians who, in 1620, landed on Plymouth Rock and established the first permanent English settlement in North …
Thank You for Your Service!
Election Day just happened, and, as I predicted, politics was just full of garbage. We’ve reached the point that people can’t even agree on who won the latest election. With our country being so polarized, it’s important to remember who the real heroes are. That’s why I’m writing about Veterans’ Day about a week ahead …