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The trouble with revolutions

By Carolynne EstisPosted on July 5, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged freedom, Revolution, called to sainthood, The Scarlet Pimpernel

In the first chapter of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emma Orczy paints a gruesome image of the dark side of revolutions. She writes that the people watching executions like a spectator sport are “a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but[…]

Grown Up Friends

By Mary WoodardPosted on June 28, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged Junior High, Death, Taxes, Driving, marriage, freedom, Mary Woodard, Friendship, Growing Up

When I was younger, my friends would talk about what it would be like to be a “grown up.” They all seemed to be looking forward to this stage of life with bated breath. Driving! Freedom! Money! No one telling you what to do! For the most part, I dreaded that far off time. It[…]

Love, and do what you will

By Catherine BauerPosted on February 25, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged will, free will, effort, decision, obedience, freedom, knowing what to do, suffering, morality, love, choices, God's will

I’ve been reading the Myers-Briggs personality profiles, assessing my personality, hoping that somewhere in the pages and pages of internet sources I will find the key to my success. I’ve learned a lot about myself—insomuch as I recognized traits and tendencies that I wasn’t able to put into words before. I’ve also learned what my weaknesses[…]

A call to arms

By Catherine BauerPosted on November 6, 2012Posted in FeaturedTagged small government, beacon on a hill, big government, Bush, Catherine Bauer, George W Bush, Hume, Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine, election 2012, HHS Mandate, American Revolution, Patriot Act, Puritans, Patrick Henry, economy, Benjamin Franklin, freedom, Massachusetts, Constitution

In this battle over what is best for our failing economy and whether we are going to find another job or make ends meet, we have forgotten something so vital that our Founding Fathers are currently rolling in their graves. We have forgotten that our freedoms are not free hand-me-downs that, once implemented, are untouchable—we[…]