Category Archives: Ron Hicks

Do you have favorite hymns? Jonnie Sue and I do. One that we share is “The Church’s one foundation,” number 525 in “The Hymnal, 1982.” I’m always moved when I have an opportunity to sing it, as was the case … Continue reading →

I came close to pursuing a career in academia, but chose government service instead. Nonetheless, I’ve enjoyed playing a teaching role in just about every position I’ve held. When the Customs Service sent me to Hofstra University for five months … Continue reading →

On the flight home from Rome last week I watched a couple of movies. One was “Ricki and the Flash,” starring Meryl Streep as a middle-aged woman who abandons her family in Indiana to pursue a calling to be a … Continue reading →

Or did I dodge a bullet? Over dinner with our daughter and her husband and our granddaughter in Florence last night something came up about the unexpected paths careers sometimes take.  I mentioned that soon after retiring from the Senate … Continue reading →

Forgive me please for writing about fasting during Easter Season, but I can’t wait until the next season of Lent to do so as I won’t be writing a Daily Cup then, and I’ve had this one percolating in my … Continue reading →

A few months ago I wrote about Moses the Showman; about his theatrics at the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, theatrics that he might have learned from the magicians of Egypt when he was in the court of the … Continue reading →

I’ve only known a few Muslims, or rather only a few people that I knew to be Muslim, and none of them really well. But one stands out in my memory from about 40 years ago. He was a waiter … Continue reading →

One of the many ways in which the Via Media is made manifest is nothing short of amusing – and profound. Years ago when the St. Alban’s church pews and the floor in the nave were being refinished, I learned … Continue reading →

When this posts at 6 a.m., the team of election officers of which I am a part will most likely be checking in our first voter in the party primary elections in Virginia. I’ve been part of the election process … Continue reading →

YouTube – I love it! This is another Cup born out of the confinement during the January blizzard. I’ve been working with computers since before the first IBM PC, ever since the Customs Service sent me to systems analysis school … Continue reading →