For security purposes and for the safety of everyone including our children, the front door does lock approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of our service.
In researching their new book, “Slavery, Friends, and Freedom in Bucks County,” authors Pat Mervine and Joe Coleman have uncovered dozens of untold stories about Bucks County people and places involved with the Underground Railroad. They have been able to link Bucks County to daring escapes, challenges to the Fugitive Slave Act, and even an … Continue reading Slavery, Friends and Freedom in Bucks County
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 1774 went “viral” in the American colonies in 1774 and inspired our Declaration of Independence. We just celebrated its 249th anniversary. It was a declaration of freedom from the impulsive edicts and wars of a mad king, from taxation without representation, from state-imposed religion. That freedom has been expanded to abolish … Continue reading Thomas Paine and Freedom, Then and Now
Freedom can mean many different things: the ability to do whatever one wants; the cessation of restraint or control; a mindset of possibilities; a physical state of being… Is “freedom just another word for nothing left to lose” (from the song “Me and Bobby McGee”) or is freedom a state of fiscal stability (i.e. “financial … Continue reading On Freedom