"The Catholic Church is a mystery to some people, a source of controversy to others, and a medium of connection to God for many. As a protestant, I have to admit that I have held many false impressions of the Catholic Church that were handed to me by the media, by several misleading stereotypes, and … Continue reading Re-Viewing Catholicism
The Tea Party, Then and Now
After enduring the Navigation Acts, the Molasses Act of 1733, the Currency Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Quartering Act of 1765, the Declaratory Act of 1766, the Revenue Act of 1767, the Townsend Acts, and many other cruel and oppressive actions by King George, which belittled individual liberty and “the laws … Continue reading The Tea Party, Then and Now
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From Slavery to Freedom
He was eight years old, sometime in the early 1800s, when he was sent to Baltimore to live with a ship carpenter named Mr. Hugh Auld. As Frederick Douglass wrote in his Narrative, “Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway to all my subsequent prosperity.” But what happened in Baltimore … Continue reading From Slavery to Freedom
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