1.0John Becketthttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckettJohn Becketthttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/author/johnbeckettWho Are Our Ancestors?rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7URoCKM5zQ"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/01/who-are-our-ancestors.html">Who Are Our Ancestors?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/01/who-are-our-ancestors.html/embed#?secret=7URoCKM5zQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Who Are Our Ancestors?” — John Beckett" data-secret="7URoCKM5zQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/243/2015/01/04-71-Bryn-Celli-Ddu.jpg768576When we honor our ancestors we realize we are the beneficiaries of their lives and their work. Because of them, we are here. Because of us, future generations will be here. Will they look back on us as mighty ancestors who left them a healthy world and a thriving culture? Or will they look back on us as we look back on ancestors who owned slaves and slaughtered the buffalo? How do you want to be remembered?