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Dr. Johnathan Storlie
Dr. Storlie is a Spring Grove native and the Heritage Center’s genetic genealogist and videographer. In addition to genealogy, he assists people in analyzing their Promethease reports, identifying the causes of ailments, and helping people to live a proactive lifestyle based upon their unique genome. He also teaches genetics, microbiology, immunology, and other health-related college courses. Dr. Storlie earned a PhD with a specialty in human virology. He also earned his Masters with a specialty in Ontology, or the study of the phenomenon of Being and its stewardship.

Chesterton on Tradition
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to
Alex Haley’s Roots
by Johnathan Storlie, PhD Many of us in Giants of the Earth Heritage Center remember watching the series Roots, when it first aired on television in 1977. It had a profound impact on all of us.
Once we were here
“The pale faces are masters of the earth… My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before the night has come, have I
Jefferson on Natural & Artificial Aristocracy
Thomas Jefferson, to John Adams Monticello, October 28, 1813 …there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents…There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth and birth, without
Serving our Corporate Masters
What do we owe our corporate masters? They have groomed and selected our politicians for decades to make choices in their best interest. They have given us a bankrupt economy and our children little opportunity to succeed, considering
Where is the wisdom we have lost?
The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven, The Hunter with his dogs pursues his circuit. O perpetual revolution of configured stars, O perpetual recurrence of determined seasons, O world of spring and autumn,
IF by Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too:
Classic Weaknesses of Leaders-Sun Tzu
Let’s see what everyone–even Paris Hilton–is reading: Sun Tzu’s classic, The Art of War 1. The overly resolute or dogmatic leader can become predictable, and lead his people into a trap set by their adversaries. 2. The
A Heritage of Listening & Questioning
by Johnathan Storlie, PhD “Children who know their family history, who have shared in these stories, develop a sense of self embedded in a larger familiar and intergenerational context, and this sense of self provokes
Their eyes were my eyes
Courage came to me from the height of the mountain, and with it came the dignity of manhood, and knowledge of the Tree of Life, for now I was a branch, running with the vital
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven