Category: World History
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Finishing Thoughts: The Bishop’s Family
According to the research I have seen there are no records of Cyprianus Thascius being married. Although out of the many, there is one that says a little differently. A Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent says specifically that Cyprian when Caecilianus knew he would die to take in his wife and family. Ms. Gentry of course,…
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Finishing Thoughts
Each book in this series was a challenge in different ways to read. Not to mention, the time I needed to therapeutically air out my emotions and thoughts swirling around from the story. Actually I wrote a feature article in my church newsletter titled ‘Sacrifice’ doing that very thing. Lynne Gentry made such a substantial…
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Finishing a Book
Do you have to take time to ponder what you have read? Reading through the Carthage Books again, I have lost count on whether it is my 3rd or 4th time through. The poignancy of the book takes a while to settle on me. Decisions have consequences and you have to either be really dumb…
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The Value of Life in Bangkok
The song that got my attention back on Tuesday was “One Night in Bangkok.” These two opposite ideas flirted through my head. The King and I movie and the original Roe versus Wade decision. Then I took a deeper look into the thought. The Republicans were blamed for having bad messaging in the 2022 Election.…
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17 Centuries In Between Epidemics
Reading these books this year, after a lull of at least 3 years the situation of epidemics seemed fresh. Although I have questions as to the validity of that argument. These books detail an explicit epidemic where dead bodies were literally out on the streets piling up. Did we actually see this type of urgency?…
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80’s Music
Some of the most intriguing thoughts go through my mind in the car. I don’t know what it is? Perhaps the sense of just driving around or in this case being in the ‘shot gun’ seat heading on the road to my grandma’s house. Driving to the house on our squiggly road seems more and…
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17 Centuries In Between Governments
History Class was pretty awesome in high school. Watching movies in class meant no homework right? Not always though, especially in my college classes. Movies actually meant taking notes for a discussion, papers or reports were coming. Mr. Benson had us watching movies to get the feel of the epic time periods in American or…
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17 Centuries In Between: The Proconsul
Do we really grasp the enormous differences in culture and time at that age? Period films do allow me to imagine, but reading also complemented watching those movies. I have already mentioned Gladiator, one of the movies my high school teacher had us watch. Troy came out after I graduated from UHS; there was a…
Jewells of Thought 