by Mark Beckwith | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Pains were taken to connect Ministers of the most dissimilar religious principles together”. So wrote founding father Benjamin Rush in his account of the July 4th, 1788 Grand Procession in Philadelphia. The Constitution had just been ratified by nine of the 13...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s called deep canvassing, a community exercise that is different from standard canvassing. Standard canvassing involves knocking on doors for the purpose of persuading the household residents to support a cause or a candidate. Deep canvassing also involves knocking...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
At a gathering in the White House just before Easter, President Trump was lauded, if not anointed, with the words, “you are the greatest champion of the faith that we have ever seen in a President.” So spoke Paula White-Cain, the President’s chief spiritual advisor,...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Let’s Make a Deal” is a day-time game show that has been running on TV off and on since 1963. “The Art of the Deal”, a book ghost written by Tony Schwartz for Donald Trump in 1987, immediately landed on the best seller list, where it remained for nearly a year, and...
by Mark Beckwith | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
“We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Age where they belong”. “All Hell will reign down”. So President Trump has said and written in the last few days as the bombardment of Iran continues. Many of us viscerally recoil at the wanton illegality, the unbridled...
by Mark Beckwith | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fifteen years ago, I was on a tour of Robben Island in South Africa, the prison where Nelson Mandela was jailed for most of his 27 years in captivity. The tour guide was a former prisoner who had been locked up for writing a letter to his local newspaper questioning...
