St. Augustine, FLorida It's gotten to be a regular thing for a lot of people: Make a sign, meet and march. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor heat of day or "heat" on the ground has deterred anyone across the country and around the world. It is what we do together. "I feel like I have done something afterward", says one vigil keeper in New Hampshire. "My sign is not my words--it was written years ago by Orwell", says a woman in Florida. Two voices in conservative states

Say good-bye to 2025...finally! I refuse to review what has come to pass in America. But, before fast forwarding into 2026, I am looking way way way back to the first year--- A.D. ---the year of our Lord. In that year, we are told in many ways through different faith traditions that Jesus arrived in the world. Whatever version you subscribe to, the story told is one of an itinerant man who wandered with a mission. He was not a missionary, per se, like those who arrived later

B.C., before Covid, before 9/11, There was an "American Dream"narrative many believed. That dream followed Americans from childhood all the way through adulthood then well into the "Golden Years." We lived on a consistent message that these United States of America held a certain promise that was guaranteed by the words written into the U.S. Constitution before we were born. Before now, we took that promise for granted and literally, assuming it would stand the test of time