By Christian In the United States, Christmas is the only overtly religious federal holiday. No other religion’s holy day gets this kind of preferential treatment. It’s a good thing to keep in mind as you read on. For Christians, it’s a time to celebrate the incarnation of God in human flesh (we’ll call this Group […]
Category: America
Keeping Christ in Xmas
My dear friends, this is nothing short of a call to arms. While I always feel very keenly the degree to which I, a middle-class white male, am ever the victim of marginalization and attack, it is during this time of year, xmastime, that the assault on the American way of life is most pronounced. […]
“What, to the Indian, is Your Thanksgiving?”
In a moving speech given by escaped slave Frederick Douglass on July 5th, 1852 (a portion of which is read by Morgan Freeman below), the question is asked, “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?” Here is part of his answer: [The Fourth of July] is a day that reveals to […]
“I Pledge Allegiance to the Earth…”
(By Christian) “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.” I haven’t actually stood facing a flag with my hand over my heart reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance” for decades, but the […]