Just Imagine

The Just Imagine messages focus on societal issues, and ask readers to consider possibilities for society as it relates to the message theme. The categories in the Just Imagine series include:

  • Grafting

    Political corruption exists at every level of government. Every day in America, some person is charged with using their governmental position for private gain. The term grafting, while not in common use today, is a description of this form of crime. But is grafting...

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  • The Perils of Simple Solutions

    It was 1930 and the U.S. economy had just entered the Great Depression in 1929, along with other countries. The stock market crash of 1929 was the start of the Great Depression, leading to high unemployment and business failures. The solution seemed obvious: restrict...

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  • Conspiracy Theories

    It was a novel that had the entire nation talking. The response to it revealed how divided our society had become. The author had intended the novel to be a dystopian view of where things were heading if the nation couldn’t find a way to work through one of its...

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  • Holy Outrage

    Sally Butler was born in 1931 in New York. When she graduated from high school, she joined the novitiate preparing for a life of service to her faith. She would also earn a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees. In addition, she was an excellent pianist and...

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  • A Hatred Pandemic

    Hank had made an appointment with a neurologist at the recommendation of his family doctor. He had experienced several health problems. He lacked energy and had trouble sleeping. He had experienced more headaches than normal and was having muscle pain. He admitted...

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  • Accepting Responsibility

    The Great Depression (1929-1939) was perhaps the greatest worldwide economic collapse in history. Today, we think of the Great Depression as being triggered by a stock market crash in the U.S. The crash of the stock market; however, was a symptom, but not the cause of...

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  • Doing Harm

    Albert Kligman was born in 1916 as the son of immigrants to the U.S. His rabbi gave him the financial backing to attend college. He was a scholar-athlete, earning both Ph.D. and MD degrees. As an undergraduate, he was the captain of the gymnastics team. He decided to...

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  • Systemic Hatred

    When you hear the term Farmville, you probably imagine a video game. Few know of the history of Farmville, VA in the fight for civil rights. We know of the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown vs Board of Education. Most of us may be under the impression that...

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  • Earthrise Today

    It was Christmas Eve 1968. Apollo 8 was the first NASA mission to go into orbit around the moon. As the astronaut crew looked out the window of their space capsule, they witnessed something never seen before: the rise of Earth. Mission commander first took a...

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  • George Berci

    George Berci was born in 1921 in Hungary. As he was growing up, fascism was becoming a threat to those of the Jewish faith. George was forced to sit in the back row in his classes and ostracized by his former friends. Eventually, he was barred from school altogether....

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