Growing Up Christian and Capitalist

Family photo taken in the late 1950s

Many cultural influences have shaped my character, and two of the strongest are capitalism and Christianity. It is not surprising or unusual. If you live in the United States, were raised in an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and over sixty, chances are that capitalism and Christianity have shaped your character as well. As a child, my family was active in a small Presbyterian Church in a rural town where the railroad was the largest…