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History In 1865 the Freedmen’s Bureau established Armstrong High School for African American students in Richmond, Virginia. The school has produced notable graduates, city and state leaders throughout the years and continues to be a beacon of hope for students who seek its mission of intellectual, academic, moral and social enhancement. Heritage Armstrong’s heritage is…
It’s hard to find a really good way to celebrate a secular Easter. The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ are not the stuff of simple and lightweight symbols. Easter transmits a complex message, transported through time through a sacrament of blood-wine and body-bread on an altar derived from a sacrificial cult. The best the…
Writing in my journal this morning, I had a few questions: What/where are my longings? Can I feel them? Name them? Will I find them underneath and in between all the should-ings and the must-ings? Why pay attention to them? Indeed. Why pay attention? For one thing, I can’t help it — it is in…
The search for the treasures of of heaven is a daily one. That is a part of its character. There is nothing static about it. It is a daily commitment, a daily exploration, a daily mystery, a daily prayer. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where…
On Monday, March 24, the following article ran on the editorial page of the Richmond Times Dispatch: “So far, this newspaper’s year-long series on creating a more dynamic dominion has focused on education. We turn now to mobility. And while that might seem a change of subject, in one important sense it is not: Mobility…
“Oh God, your sea is so great and my boat is so small.” This prayer of Breton fishermen speaks of human life directly and clearly. It has become the motto of the Children’s Defense Fund and is the title of a new book by the fund’s founder, Marian Wright Edelman. Admiral Hyman Rickover had it…