Tag: america

Today, I know people from all sides of the political spectrum and from many different faiths. In this heated election season, it's been quite tempting to take sides and write off people as racist or sexist, but my own history won't let me do that so easily.

We Americans are so full of ourselves that we can't see the hole into which we are about to fall.

This Independence Day I'm grateful that my ancestors came to America on the Mayflower; fleeing religious persecution for the freedoms of worship and personal conscience.

We have our issues, but in spite of the present contentious climate domestically, and the dangerous climate internationally, we are not faced with greater problems than ever before.

The irony of defying absolutism, absolutely, never fails to escape me.

Faith and politics go together like a dog and fleas these day and there’s a whole lot of furious scratching going on, but it’s a sign of a really bad condition.

Three hundred and ninety-five years ago a group of foreigners seeking refuge from severe religious persecution landed in America.