by Mark Beckwith | Jul 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Donald Trump has been blessed, a blessing that began long before an assassination attempt that nearly took his life. Joe Biden has been blessed, long before he made the announcement that he will end his Presidential campaign for President. Kamala Harris has been...
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Like many of us, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump sent my mind racing. Who was the shooter? Why did he do it? Was security inadequate? Would former President Trump be OK? What does this mean for the election? For Republicans? For Democrats? For the...
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
For a good stretch of my early years, prayer was a confounding exercise. My family regularly went to church – where the congregation prayed while I dealt with itching legs from my flannel pants. We said grace before dinner, which invariably became a contest over...
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last week I attended a debate watch party. It was held in the Carthage College chapel in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the first night of the Braver Angels Convention, an annual event that brings equal numbers of red (conservative) and blue (progressive) and yellow...
by Mark Beckwith | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last week the governor of Louisiana signed a law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. In some ways I get it, in spite of the fact that like so many it challenges the constitutional separation of church and state. The Ten...
by Mark Beckwith | Jun 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
It was the spring of 1970. The United States had just announced that it was expanding the war in Vietnam by authorizing bombing campaigns in Cambodia. Campuses across the country erupted in protest. On May 4, four protesting students at Kent State were shot and...
