by Barbara Smith | Jun 25, 2022 | Understanding the Times
Half a century ago, we were angry with each other and the government because of the Vietnam war, civil rights — and Watergate. Then the Supreme Court decided abortion was a constitutional right. (9 Things You Should Know About Roe v Wade) Fifty years ago,... 
by Barbara Smith | Jun 13, 2022 | Personal Pigeonholes, Understanding the Times
I don’t know if I ever did the math to figure I’d be alive in 2022 . . . but here I am. What did I ever learn that prepared me for staying alive in 2022? Understanding What My Father Used to Say Well . . . I remember my father telling me the shortest distance... 
by Barbara Smith | May 28, 2022 | Personal Pigeonholes, Understanding the Times
Memorial Day 2022 reminds to think upon the rights I have because of the soldiers who gave up some of their rights. I sit in safety and comfort and peace today because of what others battled. It is not a permanent perch — never was. Yet, men and women died hoping... 
by Barbara Smith | May 12, 2022 | Understanding the Times
A Personal Headline Of all today’s headlines that upset me, here’s: The Queen missed the opening of Parliament . . . this is was a big headline for me! The U.K.’s Parliament opens for the first time in six decades without the queen Throughout my life she has... 
by Barbara Smith | Apr 27, 2022 | Personal Pigeonholes
At the beginning a sermon series on JUDGES*, the pastor asked a similar kind of a question to Judges 2:2— but the phrasing burrowed deep: What did you think would happen?** Whew! Not thinking about the consequences of those simple choices —daily decisions that are...