We are conceived in mystery to walk a narrow path: doubt on the one side, wonder on the other, faith which sustains and reason which guides. In gathering as a religion, we support one another, challenge one another, learn from one another, help one another remember what is too easy to forget. * * * […]
Bullying, PTSD, and the Search for Meaning
A few days ago, I came across an article at the Slate website: “College Students Who Were Bullied as Kids Are at Higher Risk for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. My reaction was a short, nasty laugh, followed by “No frikkin’ kidding?” You see, I am in treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Until just a […]
Custer’s Last Stand, Pt. II: The Little Bighorn’s Grandson
140 years ago today (June 27, 1876,) a column of soldiers discovered the bodies of George Armstrong Custer and 210 of his soldiers on a desolate ridge in Montana, above the Little Bighorn River. Dug in atop a ridge four miles southeast, were Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick Benteen, and the 400 surviving members of […]
Custer’s Last Stand Pt. 1: The Little Bighorn’s Stepfather
This weekend will mark the 140th anniversary of George Armstrong Custer’s demise–along with 250 men under his command–at the Little Bighorn River in Montana. For insight into how and why Custer and the 7th Cavalry met such a fate, we need to start with the previous decade. Picture a wintery scene: Nov. 26, 1868. A […]
A Reflection on Wounded Knee
This December 29th will mark the 125th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. As students of American history probably already know, this 1890 horror was, in a real way, the end of the so-called “Indian Wars.” That is, it marked the final crushing blow specifically against the Lakota on the Great Plains, but symbolically against […]
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