Stories that Civilize

Posted on January 17, 2012 by James Riley

Stories are potentially dangerous, at least the wrong ones. A lot of parents lament profanity, sex, and violence in modern entertainment, but those, as I’ve lamented recently, are all found even in the Bible — in a context that explains their place.  How do you tell the story of Jesus without cutting off the centurion’s […]Continue Reading »

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 21, 2011 by James Riley

  I’m trying to get a sense of what a New Hampshire Thanksgiving might have looked like in November of 1770.  Bear in mind, how particular I am about the date itself.  1770.   There’s a tendency to lump “the colonies” into a big basket containing everything from Jamestown in 1607 to the conclusion of […]Continue Reading »

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