Nov 15, 2020 @ 10 am Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford Since the 1960s, the terms “welfare” and “welfare state” have been used disparagingly, often with scorn and stereotypes. Let’s examine its history stemming from life during the Blitz in England.
Nov 1, 2020 @ 10 am Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford November’s theme is the continuum between individualism and collectivism. Fiction has given us stories about the dangers of ultra-collectivism. Reality is showing us the danger of ultra-individualism. Recorded on November 1, 2020
Right now, our world needs people of character we can turn to, individuals we can trust to model better ways of living and to share factual information, whose honesty and integrity make them worthy of our trust.
Trusting yourself is more than guesswork. It requires continued learning and reflection, a commitment to being authentic and a willingness to take a risk. It is also a key step toward trusting others.
In the novel 1984, George Orwell painted a terrifying picture of a country where the government ruled with such authoritarianism that even to have an individual thought was considered to be a crime. How does skepticism help us with living in a world that often shows alarming parallel’s to the world Orwell described?