In 1922, my American-born great-grandmother Anna Motis lost her citizenship when she married John Svagera, a Czech immigrant. Their wedding came mere days before the Cable Act began correcting this injustice, but Anna would wait more than sixteen years to become, legally, what she had always been: an American.
“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.” — Psalm 16:6 There are places in this world that seem to possess a soul of their own. Not because the soil itself is holy, the trees whisper secrets, or ghosts linger in forgotten corners. Rather, because God often … Read more
Justice, Chivalry and the noble pursuit of Perfection. A trifold approach to achieving Plato’s idealized Utopian society. Those of us familiar with English history, or perhaps musical theater, will recognize these as the hallmarks on which the Court of Camelot stood. We recall Camelot today with heartrending emotion. A sort of unattainable, Garden of Eden … Read more
