Below are their views on slavery, of the seven most influential Founding Fathers: GEORGE WASHINGTON Washington was born at a time when slavery had yet to be questioned anywhere in the colonies.  As a young man, he was a tough task master, but as he grew older he began to change.  Whippings stopped.  He encouraged marriage among slaves, and to keep families together resolved not to sell or trade slaves without their consent. Since consent was rarely given, the General found h

After buying tickets and waiting almost a year, we finally got to see “Hamilton,” the smash Broadway musical.  It was midweek, and the line of  ticket holders waiting to get in stretched halfway around the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.  The music is hip-hop, the cast is young and multiracial, and the wry and witty lyrics are delivered in faultless diction. But that alone doesn’t explain its magic, or the effect it’s been having on audiences since it first opened o

The three men I admire most . . . To Thomas Jefferson, they were Francis Bacon, John Locke and Isaac Newton. They were, the Virginian proclaimed, “the three greatest men who have ever lived, without exception .” Strong words. Who were the three greatest men who have ever lived, without exception? ” FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) - To some, Francs Bacon was the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. He was himself a noted playwright, and a player in Queen Elizabeth’s court, by turns

The Summit Christian Science Church is an active member of the Christian Science Institutional Services (CSIS) of New Jersey. Our church member (Heather Blacker) is a CSIS coordinating chaplain meets with regularly with prison Inmates in the Jersey State Prison of Newark. Below is her report given at the CSIS Fall 2025 Meeting: ● Heather’s work has been expanded, so every week she conducts two Bible Groups on Sunday, and two Bible Groups on Monday. In addition Heather is o

Their names may not be easily recognizable, but each of these Southern Ladies has left an indelible mark on American history. Their names are Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Helen Keller.  Harriet Tubman is slated to have her face replace that of Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollar bill. Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, both natives of Alabama, will be the first women to have their faces be depicted on the Capitol grounds in Montgomery. Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) was born into

It couldn’t get a whole lot worse. For the “crime” of practicing Christian healing in accordance with the teachings of Christ Jesus, and in the presence of a violent mob, they’d been arrested, beaten, and thrown into an inner dungeon, where their feet were locked into stocks. These weren’t characters in a fictional adventure story. Paul and Silas, the two early Christians going through this extreme experience, were real people.  The Bible reports that their response was to pr

The vital lesson of the Civil Rights Movement, is that all of the people who tried to stop it are largely forgotten, while a National Holiday celebrates Civil Rights' leader Martin Luther King's Birthday.  His right hand man was Andrew Young, who was shouldered with "the dirty work" of getting things done. A gentle, singular man of infinite wisdom and undeniable integrity, Mr. Young led an remarkably diverse life.  Not only was he a key player in the Civil Rights Movement, h

It’s the most famous room in the world.  It’s where Presidents address the nation, especially in times of crisis.  It’s the room where history is made.  It’s the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. At one end of the Oval Office, filling in the southern curve, behind the President’s desk, are three great windows, each eleven and-a-half feet high, with special layered glass designed to stop an assassin’s bullet.  Visible through the windows is a great white marble

by Isaac Ayozie As a journalist in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, I spent several months filing stories for a news organization based in Lagos, the former capital.  Eventually, however, I lost my job due to a reorganization in the company. Of course, the situation gave rise to loss of income.  One thing led to another, and I was compelled to return to my home state of Imo  I was brokenhearted over the job loss. Shortly after, well-meaning suggestions poured in about ho

by Kate Mullane Robertson The Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, may not have been an institutionally educated scholar of...

It was the usual night for an AA meeting, this particular one in a room over a Rescue Squad station, in Scotch Plaines, NJ.  The meeting...

by Ken Makin On Culture In July, my wife, young kids, and I went on a brief summer vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge in LaGrange, Georgia....

Three times daily, the church bells can be heard ringing throughout the city.  Two children wanted to see them, so their mother dutifully took them to what would become a city landmark--The Christian Science Mother Church in Boston's Back Bay. When the children--a boy and a girl--arrived at the Church, they were surprised to learn the bells were located atop the Church's massive dome--in a small, circular structure, known as the lantern.  Undaunted, they wanted to see the be

When the Founding Fathers were searching for a moral basis on which to declare independence from Britain, they looked to the writings of...

The Aug 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota saw hundreds of Minnesotans come together to support the affected...

by Mary Baker Eddy Who is thine enemy that thou shouldst love him? Is it a creature or a thing outside thine own creation?         Can...

by Mary Baker Eddy "There is immense wisdom in the old proverb, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.” Hannah More* said,...

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was destined to be just another Viennese composer when he began composing the first of his nine symphonies. ...