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Love Thy Neighbor, Part 4: What Would Jesus Do?

Love God, and love your neighbor.  If all the law and prophets hang on these, how do we as the Church carry it out?  Is it enough for Christians to live their faith and serve their neighbors, or do we… Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the pictorial journey we’ve taken on the Western half of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Central Pacific Line. May 10, 1869, represented a huge milestone in U.S. History. It was the day that linked East to West…. Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR! Part 5

TCRR’s Western Route This final blog post about the Transcontinental Railroad celebrates the progress made by the Central Pacific line, from Sacramento, CA to Promontory, UT. 1.  First Stop: the planning stages.  All of that happened at the Huntington &… Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR! Part 4

This post is in honor of the little guys.  Not the Big Four of the CPRR, not the investors of the UPRR, not the Congressmen and dignitaries who supported the whole Transcontinental Railroad project.  Just the crewmen who connected an… Continue Reading →

Love Thy Neighbor, Part 3: Christianity in Practice

I recently began attending a new church, because my hubby was hired as its worship pastor.  I’m excited about how this little church of 50+ is reaching out to its community.  At Christmas, we asked the local schools for a… Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR! Part 3

TCRR Methods Perhaps you’ve heard the song: “This old hammer, killed John Henry…”  He was a steel-driver on the 1870 C&O Railroad in West Virginia, a project started just after the Transcontinental Railroad was finished.  Legend has it that he… Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR! Part 2

TCRR Infrastructure Wind the years back to 1850, before the Transcontinental Railroad.  To get from the outer edges of civilization (Independence, Missouri) to the brand new state of California, you had three choices.  1.  Board a ship on the East… Continue Reading →

Happy 150th, TCRR! Part 1

A pictorial celebration of the Transcontinental Railroad

Love Thy Neighbor, Part 2: The Next Generation

Over a third of voters in the next national election will be under the age of 39. A majority of those young voters like the idea of socialism. That concerns me, because I remember history. Maybe you do, too.

Love Thy Neighbor Part 1: The Appeal of Socialism

Let’s face it. The promise of socialism is appealing. I went to a potluck at a friend’s house recently.  (If we don’t eat, we don’t meet, right?  At least it seems like it sometimes.) Talk around the table soon turned… Continue Reading →

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