人兽性交

Bruce Boston passed away on November 13, 2025 at the age of 85 in Reston, VA. He is survived by his loving wife, Jean, his partner for the past 50 years; his 3 sons, Aaron (Beth), Nathan, and Kyle (Jen), and step-daughter, Jessica (Simon); and his 9 grandchildren, Julian, Elliot, Katie, Jake, Ben, Bodhi, Finn, Anabel and Sam, as well as sister Sally Phillips (Ned) and nephew Dane Phillips (Deborah).

Bruce Boston, BD and PHD in Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, was a lifelong learner, historian, theologian, writer and preacher. From jumping into his Junior Year Abroad with the United Presbyterian Church in Beirut, Lebanon, to graduate work in Arabic studies, he then went on to more adventure as a Frontier Intern in Malawi, Central Africa and then on to the youth Department of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland before completing his studies in Princeton. Everywhere he went he was looking for ways to put his faith into action, and to share his passion for learning, which became a lifelong pursuit that led to many significant accomplishments in his life.

He was born and raised in Newcastle, PA., son to John and Billie Boston, survived by his sister Sally Phillips of Sedona, AZ.. His strong work ethic was forged early in life, famously working a paper route to earn the money to pay for college tuition. His love for sport led him to accomplishments on the tennis team, and he was a lifelong, avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He was educated at 人兽性交 College, the American University of Beirut, and Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1973.

Bruce had many professional accomplishments throughout his life, the most significant being the creation of his own business, Wordsmith, Inc., a writing and editorial consulting company serving clients in the Washington, DC area, and nationally from 1977鈥�2005. In the course of this work, Bruce was the Lead Writer/Editor or Writing Team Member on multiple nationally significant large scale writing and editorial projects, including more than 250 monographs, reports, books, articles, film and video scripts, speeches, and essays published or produced. He was also a speechwriter for a presidential candidate, several U.S. Senators and Members of Congress, government agency heads, and numerous corporate and association executives.

Bruce has written on a variety of topics related to public policy issues, with a focus on education and arts education advocacy, since 1976. Nationally significant publications he worked on include A Nation at Risk [1983], issued by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, What Work Requires of Schools [1991], and Before It鈥檚 Too Late, the report of the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Education for the 21st Century. In addition, he is the author of Growing Up Complete [1991], the report of the National Commission on Music Education; Connections: Integrating the High School Curriculum through the Arts [1996]; the 鈥淚ntroduction鈥� to the National Standards for Arts Education [1994]; and the Business Week Special Advertising Supplement, Educating for the Workplace through the Arts [1996]. He is co-author of Learning is a Work of Art (1997), published by the Leonard Bernstein Center for Education through the Arts. In 2002, he served as the general editor for the five-volume philanthropy education curriculum, Habits of the Heart, produced for the Indiana Humanities Council.

Bruce was recognized for his hard work and talents throughout his career, including multiple awards and distinctions for excellence in Educational Journalism, Feature Writing, Publications Excellence and Column Writing. These awards include; the CINE Golden Eagle award; Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism; Editor鈥檚 Forum Award, Best Feature Writing; Apex Award for Publications Excellence; and the Excellence in Print Award, Column.

Bruce was very involved in his faith community throughout his life and was an integral part of the St. Anne鈥檚 Episcopal Church in Reston, Va. From their early beginnings in the 1970鈥檚, he was part of the group that led a process of developing the congregation, taking the risks to build a new church building to foster the vision of expanding their congregation to serve their growing needs. He was an active member of the congregation, teaching adult learning classes on various topics for many years, a lay preacher, and a member of the Vestry. He also taught a course on 鈥淭he Basic Questions of the World鈥檚 Religions,鈥� an exploration of the faith perspectives of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity for the Reston Community Center program in Adult Education.

Perhaps one of the great joys for Bruce in expressing his passion and knowledge of his experience with religion was his time as a Docent at the Washington National Cathedral. He thoroughly enjoyed giving tours, sharing his love and knowledge of the church, and it was a wonderful way for him to share this passion with others.

Bruce was a world traveler throughout his entire life, starting early on in his college years with a study abroad in Beirut, Lebanon, where he met the mother of his 3 sons, Sandra. They had an adventure being missionaries with the Presbyterian Church in Malawi for several years, starting a lifelong appreciation of exploring the beautiful places and people of the world which he has been carried on through his children and grandchildren. Bruce and Jean shared their love of travel and had many adventures throughout their 50 years, including some of the most amazing family vacations, filling their home with pictures and photo albums to chronicle their special times together.

As Bruce entered the final chapter of his life, he continued to pursue his love of writing and sharing his faith with others. A final achievement was the publishing of his last book, I Respond Although I will Be Changed鈥�, a collection of sermons he preached during his time at St. Anne鈥檚 as a lay preacher. This was an important bookend to his life's work, as the title of the book is the life motto of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, who was the subject of Bruce鈥檚 Doctoral thesis work. And yet never satisfied, Bruce continued to work on another book, The Bit Players of the Bible, which remained unfinished, but a testament to his never ending pursuit of sharing his faith with others.

And finally, there is the lasting legacy of his family that was such an important part of his life. Through early challenges and family separations he managed to hold together and help build a blended family that allowed us all to remain connected. To spend holiday celebrations together, to travel and adventure together, and to have our family grow with new children, nieces and nephews and grandchildren, and to spread the roots of our family tree. One of Bruce鈥檚 great joys was to have family with him on his birthday, to celebrate his most precious gifts with him on his special day. Perhaps the lasting vision to remember Bruce, the Great Lion with his majestic and bold persona: charismatic, powerful, gentle, kind, and loving. The great leader of our Pride, we will always remember your awesome presence, and forever hold you in our hearts.