Through Uncharted Waters
“His prudence, patience, courage and energy made him the successful pilot of the ship of state in the unchartered waters into which she was launched.” The person described here is John Winthrop, who was elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century. Winthrop had arrived with some 400 men, women, and children, settling around …
Making Holy Week Holy
The Birds are Still Singing
Afraid that the creaking door might shatter the darkness outside, I gingerly open it, peeking outside, scanning the backyard. The world is still at rest, in peace, sleeping. And then, over there, a distant light, a sliver of the sun, peeks over the horizon. Soon, like a commander arriving at camp to rouse the troops with revelry, …