What I was intrigued by this week in the "Novel Burden" packet was the Truman Administration. Though he was plagued by good and bad events, Truman "undertook a host of international commitments, launched scores of programs, and mounted a peacetime military buildup that would have been unthinkable just ten years earlier." What struck me as the core idea of the reading was the first sentence of the last paragraph: "Successes and failures aside, the Truman administration in the short span of seven years carried out a veritable revolution in U.S. foreign policy." Sure, the administration had its ups and downs. And while I don't think the blame of the Korean War (one of those "downs") deserved to rest solely on the administration's shoulders, Truman's years weren't perfect, but they weren't fruitless either. The Marshall Plan and the moving the 2500 tons of food into Berlin were brilliant. What I'm trying to say is that, surrounded by the horrors of a post-war world and the surmounting threat of Communism, Truman and co. did the best job they could. Not perfect, but still good.
I loved watching many of the people we read about in "A Novel Burden far from our Shores" in the documentary. I often forget that the people we read about were/are living, breathing humans just living their life, and doing their job. Being able to hear about their thoughts, emotions and discoveries straight their mouth was very inspiring. It reminded me that we are all here for a reason and everyone has a purpose for being on earth at their appointed time.
Esther 4:14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
I enjoyed learning about the CIA and am surprised its motto is John 8:32: "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." This would be super cool, but after researching the motto, I guess they took that scripture out of context. :( We need to be careful to not twist the Bible into what we want it to say, and to be alert when that happens.
All of this weeks readings were very interesting! I also thought it was cool learning about the history of the CIA and also I really enjoyed watching the Iron Curtain Documentary and reading the Truman Doctrine.
Watching the Iron Curtain Documentary was very interesting, it gave us a term to picture view of the devastation and depravity of Germany and the Soviet Union after WWII.
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What I was intrigued by this week in the "Novel Burden" packet was the Truman Administration. Though he was plagued by good and bad events, Truman "undertook a host of international commitments, launched scores of programs, and mounted a peacetime military buildup that would have been unthinkable just ten years earlier." What struck me as the core idea of the reading was the first sentence of the last paragraph: "Successes and failures aside, the Truman administration in the short span of seven years carried out a veritable revolution in U.S. foreign policy." Sure, the administration had its ups and downs. And while I don't think the blame of the Korean War (one of those "downs") deserved to rest solely on the administration's shoulders, Truman's years weren't perfect, but they weren't fruitless either. The Marshall Plan and the moving the 2500 tons of food into Berlin were brilliant. What I'm trying to say is that, surrounded by the horrors of a post-war world and the surmounting threat of Communism, Truman and co. did the best job they could. Not perfect, but still good.
I loved watching many of the people we read about in "A Novel Burden far from our Shores" in the documentary. I often forget that the people we read about were/are living, breathing humans just living their life, and doing their job. Being able to hear about their thoughts, emotions and discoveries straight their mouth was very inspiring. It reminded me that we are all here for a reason and everyone has a purpose for being on earth at their appointed time.
Esther 4:14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
I enjoyed learning about the CIA and am surprised its motto is John 8:32: "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." This would be super cool, but after researching the motto, I guess they took that scripture out of context. :( We need to be careful to not twist the Bible into what we want it to say, and to be alert when that happens.
Yes, Jacqui, it was so fun to learn about the history of the CIA. It was a great twist to our normal readings!
All of this weeks readings were very interesting! I also thought it was cool learning about the history of the CIA and also I really enjoyed watching the Iron Curtain Documentary and reading the Truman Doctrine.
Watching the Iron Curtain Documentary was very interesting, it gave us a term to picture view of the devastation and depravity of Germany and the Soviet Union after WWII.
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