It can be difficult visiting a new church alone.  This was me Sunday morning October 11,  at the 151st Street Church of Christ.  They offered a 8AM service and this provided for a very convenient time for worship since my friends were likely going to be sleeping in.  Now I am usually fairly quiet, not desiring to meet new people.  The members at 151st Street were very welcoming.  It was a mix of older people with some younger families.  They had 2 services – an 8AM service and 10:30AM service which gave me the impression that they were growing and perhaps needed to think about getting a bigger auditorium.

When you think about Harry Truman, what do you remember?  The man thrust into the international spotlight by being nominated as vice president to the dying FDR?  (If FDR was dying, why did he run for a 4th term?)  I wonder how long they waited to tell him that the atomic bomb was a option once he took office…whether he knew about it as VP or was is only when he was sworn in as president that he found out about the bomb?  I believe that Truman did the right thing by using the atomic bombs on Japan.  A land invasion of Japan would be prolonged and cost lives on both sides.  It was the best thing for the bomb to be used and end the war quickly.

The Harry S Truman Museum was not only about Truman, but also about the Cold War.  Flashbacks of my junior year in high school occurred as I walked through the exhibits, viewing things I had not thought about since studying for those history tests.  I found myself fascinated on Truman’s actions and prudence during the early days of the Cold War. The documentary shown beforehand provided for a great deal of insight on Truman’s background and seemed to indicate he was not a career politician.