In 2014 I had two nasty concussions.  After I got over those I decided to spend my time finishing the manuscript of my latest book, which has the tentative title: Meek or Macho? Why Men Are Alienated from Christianity.

So if anyone cares, I am back.

I have also amused myself with ancestry.com and tracing my family’s genealogy. My wife has a  large and fascinating family, especially the relatives by marriage, so as Winston Churchill (who has about 8,000 American cousins), Charles Darwin, Aldous Huxley, etc.

So mostly for amusement of my extended family, I will post some genealogical finds which may be of some interest as illustrations of social history.

I will begin with a series of reflections on the Reverend Frances Effingham Lawrence, my wife’s second cousin four times removed.

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