Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and the Divine Dozen Saints – With Videos!

It’s Sunday of the MLK Holiday weekend and I am finally getting back to posting here. I do enjoy posting … More

Pandemic Day #290 – In a Word: 2020

It”s a while after midnight (yes, I was watching “The Office” and it got late,) so I am going to … More

It’s the earliest minutes of Monday the 28th which means that, after today, there’s just three days left in 2020. … More

I write after midnight on what is now the day after Christmas. It’s late, so I will keep this short. … More

First of all, some good news today for me and those who share my profession here in Ohio: Ohio teachers … More

First Monday of Advent – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Daily Advent Reflections https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/First-Monday-of-Advent—Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-Daily-Advent-Reflections-en4v51 +++++++++++ Liturgical Readings for the First Monday of … More

I premiere the first episode of my new, seasonal sub-podcast which I’ve entitled “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Advent Reflections” https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-Advent-Reflections—Christ-the-King-en2lcp Sitting, … More

1885 – White miners upset about competition for jobs kill 28 Chinese workers in Rock Springs, Wyoming, causing hundreds to … More

1884 – Superintendent denies Mamie Tape, a Chinese American child, admission to public school in San Francisco this week saying … More

2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates the U.S. Gulf Coast; the subsequent disaster response is criticized for mistreating many severely impacted … More

1955 – Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, white members of the Ku Klux Klan, abduct 14 year old Emmett Till … More

1874 – Mob of 400 masked men on horseback armed with shotguns kidnaps 16 black men from jail in Gibson … More

August 25th – Montgomery, Alabama, home of Robert Graetz, white minister of Trinity Lutheran Church and Montgomery Association board member, … More

As I mentioned yesterday, my schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work … More

1619 – Dutch ships lands in Jamestown, Virginia, carrying the first enslaved people to what would become the United States. … More

My schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work as many hours with … More

My goodness, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted this feature. As I mentioned previously, I’m enumerating for Census … More

1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More

2017 – White nationalists protest removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia; the next day a protester drives a … More

As I mentioned in Monday’s “My Paper.li” post, I’m changing how I do this week-daily feature. So here goes today’s… … More