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I invite you to join this friendship journey with me — your personal Storyteller, Historian, and Philosopher. I am writing letters to famous, legendary friends of the past, which I call Letters to My Friends of the Ages. I am also writing three other genres of stories and essays, which you can find at the bottom of this page or in the menu bar above. Thank you for reading the stories. I treasure hearing from you, my Readers, with any comments, questions, and insights.
~ Ted at Common Reason
Letters to My Friends of the Ages
A personal journey of storytelling and exploring the human condition
This is my featured writing genre. I have adopted famous people of the past as My Friends — friends like Abraham Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, John Adams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. I am convinced that these Friends and their life stories have much to teach, enlighten, and delight us today. May they become your Friends as you read these Letters. Following the gallery of My Friends, I present two of my recent Letters.
John Adams
Founding Father, leader in declaring independence from England, most knowledgeable of the Founders about government, most transparent and real of all of the Founding Fathers.
Abraham Lincoln
Most popular U.S. president of all time, Savior of the Union, the Great Emancipator, the Eloquent President, humorous, a man of reason and logic, a genius with words.
Ulysses S. Grant
In his day, was considered one of the three greatest Americans (with Washington and Lincoln), general who won the Civil War, 18th U.S. president, man of utmost character, integrity, and humility, with true concern for the weak and the poor.
C. S. Lewis
British scholar and author, wrote the Chronicles of Narnia, wrote over 30 books, full of wit, a master of storytelling and imagination.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor and theologian, resisted the Nazi regime, martyred by the Nazis, a man of deep faith, walked with God.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian pastor, the most consequential American of the 20th century, leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a visionary, a philosopher, and a theologian.
Francis Schaeffer
Pastor, theologian, and philosopher, founder of the L’Abri community in Switzerland, taught not what to think, but how to think and to reason, combined love, compassion, and social causes with theology.
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other writing genres
Exploring the revolutionary form of government created in 1787 and its
evolution over time
Essays and stories about life, society, reason, religion, world history, and the human condition
