Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread David Eric Smith
I increasingly think the last keeper of democracy in the U.S. will be a black woman. Everybody else seems afraid. The perennial complaints about Neville Chamberlain come to mind. But still, best wishes for the New Year to you Jochen and to All. Eric > On Dec 26, 2023, at 4:39 AM, Jochen

Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
p.s. The pastor is a woman. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 7:17 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Jochen, > > We live across the street from the United Church of Santa Fe. It is a > member of the United Church of Christ

Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
Jochen, We live across the street from the United Church of Santa Fe. It is a member of the United Church of Christ denomination (UCC). A friend whose father was a Presbyterian minister said that UCC informally means "Unitarians Concerned with Christ". The point is that their beliefs are

[FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Jochen Fromm
Merry Christmas from Berlin! It must be Farolitos time now in Santa Fe, right? Here in Berlin we have plenty of Christmas markets where you get hot mulled wine. At Christmas Eve I was in the "American Church of Berlin" which is over 120 years old. It was mostly empty though. While Donald Trump

Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Marcus Daniels
Up until a couple decades ago, the local bigots had a limited reach to the likeminded, such as at their church or Lion’s club, etc. Now they can find validation from each other at an international level using the internet. At their church, they might get some local policing by people with