Going the Distance: Long Road Ahead – July 2025

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 4
“We the People,” Preamble to the U.S. Constitution    “Annotation,” Mary Susan Gast    “It Would Be Horrible,” OnlineMBA.com

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 7
“A Big Beautiful Bill?” President James Madison, Federalist Papers    “Hope Against the Present,” Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann    “Hope in the Present,” Mary Susan Gast    “Meditation Bench,” Claire J. Baker

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 11
“July 3rd, 2025,” Johanna Ely    “From Psalm 94,” Mary Susan Gast    “July 4, The Mourning,” David Hakim

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 13
“Aspiration,” Mary Susan Gast    “Pity for My Country,” Claire J. Baker    “Now It’s Your Turn,” U.S. Representative John Lewis, 2020

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 18
“Fire Season,” Kathleen Herrman    “At Lunar Eclipse,” Mary Susan Gast

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 20
“John Lewis Crossing Over,” Mary Susan Gast    “The Practice of Freedom,” bell hooks

istance – Long Road Ahead – July 25
“Over the Border,” quotes    “Thank You, Mexico” Ilean Baltodano    “Is Trump a Clown?” Luis Prada    “Clown,” Merriam-Webster Dictionary    “Send in the Clowns,” L.A. “Tony” Kovach    “Send in the Clowns,” Stephen Sondheim

Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – July 30
“Our Power,” Nafia Dawn    “America Acrostic,” anonymous t-shirt art    “Freedom as Action,” U.S. Representative John Lewis