Category: <span>Christianity</span>

I Have Stars in my Eyes

It was supposed to be overcast both nights of my birthday present star gazing/camping weekend… so we decided not to bother bringing the telescope. But boy, we were wrong about Friday night. It was perfectly, crisply clear, and Poe Valley has one of darkest skies in Pennsylvania, thanks to being …

Juneteenth & The “One Race”

TW: mention of slavery and Christianity, and also some potentially offensive posters. Today is Juneteenth, a commemoration of the official end of slavery in the United States that I didn’t know existed until four years ago. Here’s a quick history of Juneteenth: On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger came to …