Tag Archives: Oak Park
Cast Your Vote
I got up and went to my polling place this morning on Oak Park, Illinois, and cast my votes in the Republican Primary. I used one of the newer “computer” voting machines. I was voter #1 on my machine, in … Continue reading
Work to End Slavery
A group of friends have formed a Local Abolitionists group in Oak Park, Illinois, to fight slavery, human trafficking and the sex trade. More information can be found at LocalAbolitionists.org. Their next event is the showing of a film called … Continue reading
Breaking Down the Stereotypes
I am very proud of my family. Why? Yesterday, our local Oak Park paper, The Wednesday Journal, contained an article about my family’s involvement at Breakthrough Urban Ministries, in Chicago’s west side Garfield Park neighborhood [Link to Pouring Love, Breaking … Continue reading
Oak Park “Tolerance” Defined
I just came across this great quote by the great English murder-mystery author, Dorothy Sayers: “In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to … Continue reading
Zactrust Summer School – Oxford, England – Day 2
It has been unusually warm here in Oxford… in the 90′s (degrees F). There is no air conditioning, so the lectures are difficult to stay awake through for an American who is not used to sitting and listening to serious … Continue reading
Intelligent Design in Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park is the community where I live and we have 2 local weekly newspapers. On October 26th, 2005 the Wednesday Journal ran an open letter from a local resident, which read: An open letter to my religious brethren on … Continue reading