My brother-in-law has a hilarious photo he is submitting to the Photo Friday challenge this week. Well, I think it’s hilarious anyways. The photo is of a note written by my mother who was acting in her grandmotherly position of scribe for my son. Nick was dictating the note on behalf of a store he apparently works for.
The Great Man and the Local Church
There is a way of telling history that focuses on the impact of the few great figures that rise up in any generation. This “great man theory” says that history can best be understood when we focus on the dominant figures of the time. History, it says, turns on the actions, decisions, obsessions, and natural…