This is a question that I believe should be on our minds every day. When we live with this question constantly on our minds, our daily decisions become much easier. When I realize that someday I will be gone but that I get to decide what I leave behind, I see my time...
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BOILERS CHURNING HOT, USS Doyle sliced through the sea with the urgency of a bullet. Over the radio, Claytor had heard that Marks collected more than fifty men, and also about the second Dumbo (a downed seaplane). This meant there were at least a...
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I’ve always been a fighter. Perhaps to a fault. So why then, when I was recently faced with an unexpected personal fight did I remain totally flat footed, getting out-flanked, and taking direct hits? Pride. It’s the same pride that prevents many firefighters in crisis...
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When was the last time you watched the news? Did you notice how many stories there were involving vehicle collisions, wild fires, structure fires, or police action? There is the tendency to watch the stories with little-to-no thought or emotion. It’s someone else....
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Why do we remember? What value comes to those who will stop long enough this weekend to remember the ultimate price that freedom requires? In a nation that, in many ways, is struggling to determine its national identity, how do we benefit by memorializing those...
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“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” -Ecclesiastes 4:12 Some time back, I was speaking to a buddy who has spent many years in the military. He has plenty of experience working in some of the...
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When people think of military ministry, chances are they think in terms of the crises of anxiety, depression, and suicide, that we read about in the headlines nearly every day. What Christians likely don’t think about is military ministry as a component of strategic...
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by Kenny Franklin Christ came to teach us how to barbeque and for that we are truly thankful. He was arguably the greatest barbeque chef of all time. He would share with people meat he had barbequed and everyone who had the opportunity to taste it all agreed it was...
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Children embrace creativity. LEGO® reports on its website that the world’s children spend 5 billion hours a year building with the company’s blocks. The LEGO website reports that its mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow; it says that play...
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Military life has a way of forging bonds well beyond the ordinary casual relationships we all experience in life. Service members in the normal course of duty shed blood, sweat, and tears together in some of the most challenging environments. It’s no wonder that this...
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