from the Confession of Belhar, PCUSA Book of Confessions

Jan 19, 2026 | featured

This passage from the Confession of Belhar was read aloud by the whole congregation last Sunday, and it really struck a chord with me. I wanted to share it along with the scripture that accompanies the bulletpoints. (From the PC(USA) Book of Confessions) We Believe:...

Life of Horace Mann by Mary Peabody Mann (1865)

Dec 30, 2025 | Ancestry

Mary Peabody Mann’s 1865 biography, “Life of Horace Mann,” offers an intimate portrait of her husband’s rise from rural poverty to educational reformer, drawing on personal letters and observations. Written after his 1859 death, the book...

Ancestry, Education, and a Family Connection to Horace Mann

Dec 15, 2025 | Ancestry

Family history has a way of collapsing centuries into a single line on a chart. Names repeat. Dates stack up. Then occasionally, one of those names turns out to belong to someone who changed the country. Recently, my oldest daughter has become interested in family...

The AI Consultant That Outscored Humans Exposed a Human Problem

Dec 15, 2025 | AI

When the “AI consultant” aced the test, the real story was human status anxiety The SAP experiment that made headlines this week is not really about an overhyped AI consultant. It is about how professionals protect their status, even when the work in front of them is...

The 996 Work Culture is outlawed in China. Why not here?

Dec 10, 2025 | Technology

According to an article from PCMag, the 996 schedule is gaining “popularity” in Silicon Valley. 996 is where workers are “on the clock” from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. An absolute grind that can kill motivation, kill innovation, kill *any*...