The heading photograph was planned to be a Norman Rockwell painting of Thanksgiving, but that seemed too nostalgically soft for the times, maybe even too American, what with the Ukrainian war blazing away some 300 miles from where I live and where I can still buy a turkey and have friends in for dinner.
Thank you Jim. I am old enough to remember the Berlin airlift. Though I was very young, I can also recall the news of the Cuban missile standoff, and the constant reminders that the world is not one big happy family. It never was. In this age of instant messaging and social media, though, there is no escaping the images that most people would rather not see. The fact that we face this human crisis again, only now, and not when it was Syria, Somalia, Myanmar, etc. is troubling enough, but not an excuse to turn a blind eye again. Perhaps it is because I know people in Ukraine that I now have trouble sleeping, wondering what more I can do to stop this madness. An airlift, a train, an unprecedented wave of humanitarian support, may just be enough to turn Putin's red tide back, once and for all... As Advent begins and Christmtmas approaches, let us all stop for a moment to consider the children and parents in the dark and cold. Please reach into your hearts to find a way to make this stop.
Thank you Jim. I am old enough to remember the Berlin airlift. Though I was very young, I can also recall the news of the Cuban missile standoff, and the constant reminders that the world is not one big happy family. It never was. In this age of instant messaging and social media, though, there is no escaping the images that most people would rather not see. The fact that we face this human crisis again, only now, and not when it was Syria, Somalia, Myanmar, etc. is troubling enough, but not an excuse to turn a blind eye again. Perhaps it is because I know people in Ukraine that I now have trouble sleeping, wondering what more I can do to stop this madness. An airlift, a train, an unprecedented wave of humanitarian support, may just be enough to turn Putin's red tide back, once and for all... As Advent begins and Christmtmas approaches, let us all stop for a moment to consider the children and parents in the dark and cold. Please reach into your hearts to find a way to make this stop.
Thanks back, Tom. We all have to do what we can.