Sunday Firesides: Can We Finally Stop Blaming the Puritans?

We live very differently than the Puritans did 400 years ago.

The Puritans wore thick woolen clothes; people today wear light, stretchy athleisure.

The Puritans forbade work and recreation on the Sabbath; people today spend Sundays playing golf and raking leaves.

The Puritans frowned upon dancing, swearing, and gambling; people today regularly cut a rug, p…