no man is an island – Household Words:

What if You Have No Family Tree? Nehemiah 7:61-65.

Alex Haley’s book ROOTS includes a scene in which an African tribal leader expresses shock over any child unable to recite from memory his genealogy to the tenth generation. I have never met anyone in America that can recite from memory ten generations of their genealogy. I can’t do it. In fact, my written recordContinue reading “What if You Have No Family Tree? Nehemiah 7:61-65.”

Generations.

Americans are obsessed with independence. We want to do OUR OWN thing, no matter what. Period. Mic Drop. It is impossible. As John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself.” What we do affects those around us. Your family is a life boat. We are in the boat together: paddling, steering, fishing,Continue reading “Generations.”