Introduction

[Pastor Von]

I hope that I am doing this correctly. I'm a bit of a Luddite and need explicit instructions to navigate properly on the Internet.

My name is Vaughn E. Hathaway, Jr. I am currently a resident of Charlotte, NC, USA. Although I was born in south Texas and have lived longer elsewhere, I claim a small town in southern Illinois as home. Following is a list of "I ams":

a familial Heinz mixture: German, French, Swiss, English, Scottish & Scot Irish
an octogenarian
a college graduate (BA & MDiv)
a veteran (US Air Force)
a nuclear measurements technician (inactive)
married 50 pus years
a parent: 4 boys, two girls: 18 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild
an ordained minister (an evangelical Presbyterian)
a post-millennial
a Confessional Theonomist
a registered Republican
a Constitutional textualist
a Von Misian (Austrian School of Economics)

I don't own a kilt. I do not know which of my forebears qualified. The following families are in the tree: Davis, Lively, Gant, Tilton, Cunningham, Hathaway, Von Gruenigen, duc Ver, Hebrock, Aszman, Wilhelm, & Wettin.. I doubt that the last six are eligible to any degree at all because they are Continental in origin. I do have two ties with setts for clergy. I wear them periodically.

[revdpatience]

Welcome to XMarkstheScot, from a fellow clergyman!

In my case, I'm Scottish all the way down the line on both sides of the family. Presbyterian farther back in history, but Episcopal clergy for the last three generations, and with some Illinois roots, too.

My grandfather was chaplain at St. John the Divine in Champaign at the U of I, and my grandmother, mother, and I all went to EIU in Charleston. My father served congregations in Mattoon, Springfield, Decatur, and O'Fallon.

I've got a kilt in MacKenzie Ancient, and I'm eagerly awaiting another in MacColl Ancient. Then I'll have both sides of the family covered. My facemask during this Coronatide is in the Clergy tartan (naturally).

Enjoy the forum!

Rodger

[Father Bill]

Welcome to the "Great Rabble"!

[Kiltedjohn]

Welcome from a Scotsman now living in the English midlands. You have an interesting profile. The reference to Von Mises brought back memories - I taught economics for many years, and thought the Austrian School had some very interesting things to say.

[Liam]

Welcome from Western Canada!

[John_Carrick]

Welcome from Ireland

Ordinand in Church of Ireland (Episcopalian)

John

[Pastor Von]

Welcome to the "Great Rabble"!

Greetings Episkopos Bill if you will excuse a play on your screen name -- or should I have used Pater?

My favorite Anglican is J.C.Ryle. Have read several of J.I.Packer's writings and have crossed swords with him a couple of times in friendly face-to-face encounters. He was a speaker at a Banner of Truth Conference in Willow Grove, PA, when I was a student in seminary in the late 1960s. Then, he preached one Lord's Day at a church in Memphis where I was serving as Interim Pastor and the early 1970s..

I had not thought of using one of my ties to make a Corona mask. That's a god idea. However, there may not be sufficient cloth in either to make a mask.

Chester is the hometown I claim. There was an Episcopal congregation there for awhile; but the last of the congregation passed away while I was still very young. CHS occasionally played O'Fallon in basketball in district tournaments. I attended SIU in Carbondale for a couple of years. I do not remember swimming against EIU, although we would have been in the same conference in the late 1950s if EIU had a team. I remember swimming against WIU and NIU. I know that Southern and those three were football rivals back then.

Oh, by the way, for a short time, I served as headmaster of a K-8 Christian school in Opelika. Alabama. It was a most enjoyable experience and inspired me to take graduate studies at Covenant College in school administration during the summers. However, a call to serve a church in Charlotte interrupted my studies and I never completed the degree.

I have a Facebook Friend from my hometown who is an Episcopal priest. As I recall, Michael Bell serves a church in northern Illinois.

Thanks.

[Richrail]

from Reno, NV

[Pastor Von]

Welcome from Ireland

Ordinand in Church of Ireland (Episcopalian)

John

Might you be the John Carrick who served a church in Matthews, NC, and then later taught at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary?

If you are, I confess that I nearly failed to make the connection. When I first saw your name, I thought that it was familiar; but it really did not register until I passed over it a few more times.

Whether you are that John Carrick or not, is my political understanding correct as to identify your Ireland with Eire and not Ulster? Please, no offense intended.

Vaughn Hathaway

[Pastor Von]

Welcome from a Scotsman now living in the English midlands. You have an interesting profile. The reference to Von Mises brought back memories - I taught economics for many years, and thought the Austrian School had some very interesting things to say.

When I was in high school in the 1950s, my primary interests lay in the sciences and history. Therefore, in my senior year (12th grade), when I was offered an option of advanced studies in history or an introduction to economics, I chose the former. On reflection, I came to regret that decision. However, about 25 years later, I was asked by the president of a small town south Mississippi professional women's club to read, review and critique *Gold Is Money* by Hans Sennholz. Long story short; it whetted my appetite to learn more about economics on my own. I began reading up on the subject and finally came to rest on Von Mises.

Are you aware that Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, USA, houses the Ludwig von Mises Institute?