by Mark Beckwith | Jan 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last night Braver Faith, a “department” of Braver Angels, convened a pre-inauguration event. We had three speakers – a Rabbi, a Southern Baptist Pastor, and the national Braver Angels Ambassador. Surrounding their reflections were prayers offered by Christian,...
by Mark Beckwith | Jan 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
It wasn’t the first speech I heard, but was the first one I paid attention to. I was 9 ½, home for lunch on January 20, 1961, and watching television as President John F. Kennedy took the oath of office and then give his inaugural address. My parents weren’t...
by Mark Beckwith | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
I didn’t know the story. Most of us didn’t know the true story of 855 black women who served as the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II, dramatized in the recently released film entitled “The Six Triple Eight”. The well-trained battalion...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
We lost Jimmy Carter yesterday, the most recent death of a long list of prominent Americans who died this past year. The well-deserved tributes are flooding in from all the media platforms, and the gratitude being expressed his extraordinary service to humanity,...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Christmas is a mystery. The holiday evolves from a story which, over the centuries, has often been overshadowed by endless commercial appeals for presents, food, activities, along with some visual and cultural benchmarks for what constitutes home and hearth. More...
by Mark Beckwith | Dec 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Every year at this time the planet gives the northern hemisphere a promise: that the days will get shorter, culminating at the winter solstice, December 21. And from that darkest day, the promise continued: every day thereafter would provide a little more light. For...
