Bishop Clemens Count von Galen – Speaking Truth to Nazi Power

One of my favorite books is The Christian Almanac, by Dr. George Grant and Greg Wilbur. If you don’t have a copy, you should put it on your Christmas list now! There is an entry for every day of the year, with a main biography, or summary of an important historical event, along with a…

This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful the Pilgrims Tried Communism–And It Didn’t Work

The “first Thanksgiving” is one of the treasured legends of our American beginnings. You can Google the real story later. Less well-known is the Pilgrim’s failed experiment with communism. In these historically-ignorant times, when socialism and communism are sexy again, we can be thankful that the Pilgrims tried a type of communal labor and community ownership–and…