by Paulette Williams | May 29, 2023 | NSA Meditations Blog, Uncategorized
The second decade of the twentieth century launched a time of phenomenal change in the United States. World War I had shattered the idealism of the younger generation, and they fled what they deemed was the confinement of the small towns and agriculture to embrace the...
by Paulette Williams | Sep 26, 2022 | NSA Meditations Blog, Uncategorized
Hispanic people have been in the region which is now United States since 1565 when they landed in the area we know as St. Augustine, Florida. This is the oldest continually inhabited American city. In the southwest of the United States in 1610, the Spanish conqueror...
by Paulette Williams | Sep 18, 2022 | NSA Meditations Blog, Uncategorized
A pomp is a lavish display of quintessential beauty and magnificence during an occurrence of pageantry that is usually viewed by many. When we graduated from high school and/or college or university, we probably processed to the grand music of Pomp and...
by Paulette Williams | Dec 31, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog, Uncategorized
We sing this song when the new year comes, but most of us know only a few of its lyrics. The title we know, but we might sing with more gusto if we could translate it into English. Today the song is sung around the globe with the coming of the new year. Nations sing...
by Paulette Williams | Dec 27, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog, Uncategorized
Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday that begins on the day after Christmas, December 26th and ends on January 1st. It was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulona Karenga, a professor at California State University, Long Beach, to undergird pride and unity among African American...
by Paulette Williams | Nov 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Israel had been under Seleucid rule for a long time; initially, the occupation was peaceful. The Jewish people were permitted to maintain their culture and religious devotion to one God as opposed to the multi-deity religion of their conquerors. But a new Seleucid...
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