Probably the best known meme from American history was the “Join, or Die” political cartoon, published on this day on May 9, 1754. The engraving serves as a reminder that we are stronger together than we are apart. It is also one of the first, and most effective, examples of political cartoons that continues to be employed on a regular basis today. Continue reading “Join, or Die: The Meme that United America”
I stared down at my feet, at the other girls seated around the room, anywhere but at the small group leader who had posed the question.
I didn’t have the slightest idea what I should say. How could I even begin to answer her?
The question was simple, but the answer was complicated. Continue reading “To Anyone Who Thinks They Have a Boring Testimony…”
On this day in history, the American Revolution began in 1776. A seemingly innocuous, loosely-gathered compilation of thirteen colonies took on an imperial power with the best navy in the world at the time. Ordinary men leading ordinary lives answered the call of their fledgling nation to defend their freedoms that the British mother land was trampling on. They felt that the pursuit of their freedoms was worth the possibility of death. Continue reading “Past & Present: Pursuit of Freedom”
When I went to the liquor store, they gave me a lollipop.
Well there went any inclination I had of becoming a wine distributor, but I’m not sorry about it. It’s not every day an adult walks out of a store with a free lollipop. It used to be that I could go just about anywhere with my little pigtails and be guaranteed a lollipop at any establishment my parents took me to; the bank, the hair salon, or the grocery store. Not anymore. Continue reading “My Convoluted Career Path”
Better late than never right? Here were just a few of the over 150 books I read and loved last year! All of them are Philippians 4:8 Approved! Don’t know what that means? Head over to the blog post I wrote titled The Philippians 4:8 Challenge to dive in deeper!
Emily Baer 