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Month: November 2016

FDR’s D-Day Prayer

FDR’s D-Day Prayer

As I mentioned in my last post, I am reading a non-fiction booked called American Gospel, written by Jon Meacham. In that post, I mentioned Meacham had written about a prayer FDR shared with America on the evening of June 6, 1944 (D-Day). Meacham provides some interesting background about the prayer including this note, “The White House released the text to the afternoon newspapers with the request that the audience–estimated at 100 million Americans–read it along with the president. If that estimate…

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Prayer for Our Enemies

Prayer for Our Enemies

I am reading, and very much enjoying, a non-fiction book called American Gospel, written by Jon Meacham. It is, as its title implies, a book about America’s attempts to keep Church and State separate. I thought I would share some points from the book in a few posts. Here, for example, is a prayer a minister recited at the 1944 church service to commemorate FDR’s first inauguration. Apparently FDR liked the prayer a great deal and was very happy to…

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Sunlight and Shadow: Longwood Gardens October 2016

Sunlight and Shadow: Longwood Gardens October 2016

Longwood Gardens is a beautiful place year-round. I created this three-minute still image video using photographs I took during  a recent visit to take in the Chrysanthemum Festival and also enjoy a long walk on a beautiful fall day. Enjoy and please share! [vimeo 191745313 w=640 h=360] Longwood Gardens October 2016 from The Joss Group on Vimeo.