Isaiah 61:1 proclaims The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, […]
Category: Military
War Dogs!
Mans’ best friend is his best friend at war, too. (Well, he is if you don’t count the A-10 Warthog.) After the war, too: this has to be the most unusual wardog story you will […]
Unseen Warriors
One branch of the military that is invisible unless you are closely involved in it is the support personnel, yet they make warfighting possible. A tank, a troop transport, an Apache helicopter, a fighter jet, […]
Afghan Hell: Wondering When
Dateline March 4, 2019: This is a story of injustice to make a heart of stone wail with grief. In this case, a measure of justice was finally achieved, but it is an illustration […]
Hell On The River
Several decades ago, I was lounging around in one of my favorite places on earth, a small gun shop. As with all wars, Vietnam had contributed its share of new varieties of weapons to the […]
Chaplains: Fighting the Three-Headed Monster
Not only are chaplains the most forgotten branch of service, they have to fight on three fronts. The first and most obvious is being with soldiers in combat. Second is fighting their own stresses and […]
Emergency Medical Responders
I do not believe in coincidence, at least not in the lives of believers. Today (yesterday as you read this) there was a medical emergency in my building. Obviously I can’t get specific; these things […]
Thursday Thankfulness
German Pastor, and Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” American Christian Pastor A.W. Tozer described gratitude as, “.. an offering precious in the sight of God, […]
America’s Special Forces
As this article began to develop, I felt a desire to understand and share something of the beliefs and the motivations of those who push themselves to the limits of human endurance and beyond. The […]
America’s SeaBees: Master Builders of Everything and Anything
Let’s jump right in! There are so many amazing stories to the SeaBees’ history I’m going to have to work hard to pare it down to manageable size. That’s difficult, because I’ve always admired those […]