To whom do you pledge your allegiance?
When they play the National Anthem, do you sit? stand? lock arms? kneel? put hand over heart? Do you sing? remain silent? Can you remember all the words? Can you reach all the notes? I’m pretty sure we’ve never given it so much consideration as a nation as we are doing right now. What does […]
A Prayer for Our Country
I don’t let anyone tell me what to do! Is that so? I ask God what is right to do. I ask others what they would do. I ask myself what is fair to do. Then I decide what I should do. And I do it. This is my prayer for our country and its […]
150 reasons why we are free today: gratitude flashmob
Have you ever noticed how contagious gratitude can be? I just had the opportunity, thanks to the William & Mary DC area Alumni organization, to welcome an Honor Flight coming into Reagan National Airport. On it were men and women who had served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam who were flown into Washington, DC so they could tour […]
Why do we edit God out?
Just wondering. I watched Simone Manuel finish first in the 100 meter freestyle in Olympic record time then turn to look at the score board and put her hand over her mouth in utter surprise and delight. That girl just performed a miracle as far as she’s concerned, and in her after-swim interview, the first […]
God Bless America: The verse we have forgotten
Did you know that God Bless America doesn’t start with the words God Bless America? There is a verse preceding the chorus we know as the song. It is a preamble, if you will, or a statement of intention about the words to be sung. This is how God Bless America really begins: “While the storm […]
Who are you voting for?
What if they held an election and no one showed up? Well, I don’t know, we’d have to consult the Constitution but perhaps there is provision for that… What if they held an election and each one, every single one of us, wrote our names in as a vote for ourselves? There would be a […]
One Nation, Under God, Indivisible
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, Under God, Indivisible. With Liberty and Justice, For all. Thank you to all who have served under this flag. May we be reminded today that we the people, under God, have a future because God has […]
Standing tall with head bowed is not weakness but strength
As a nation I think we are a bit confused about posture. True, theory has it that we are not designed to walk on two legs. That standing upright has created all sorts of problems for us. That our spinal curvature, which was completely satisfactory when we walked on all fours, has been severely challenged […]
