Monthly Archives: March 2009
God Speaks to Me Through Baseball
I went to Harbor Park to pick up my tickets for the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals exhibition game today. For me it feels like life is returning, winter in all of its bleakness is ending and spring really is … Continue reading
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My Lenten Journey: Community
My Lenten vow was to be happy. I did not expect Lent to be great but I decided to try and something good has come out of Lent this year. That good thing is community and it came by surprise … Continue reading
Lies and Damned Lies of World Net Daily
I am starting a new category today. This is the “Lies and Damned Lies of World Net Daily.” I am only going to focus on comments by that website regarding military matters. I have noticed over the years that they … Continue reading
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Christians are not above the Law: Dangers of Civil Disobedience
I’m back at home and now somewhat relaxed after my conference and travel this week. Despite everything I was able to take some things away from the conference, mostly from the informal gatherings. This is something that I took away from … Continue reading
The Brotherhood of War Part Three: Beer, Donuts and Cigars
My conference is over and I fly home tomorrow. I have found what happens in the informal sessions, actually the unsanctioned and unsupervised sessions is actually of more benefit to us old combat vets than any formal program or presentation. … Continue reading
The Brotherhood of War: Part Two, Taking Chance
Today has been a difficult day, no one did anything nasty to me, no angry outbursts, in fact a pretty good day spent with friends and brothers. I had the privilege of being the celebrant at our morning Eucharist, following … Continue reading
The Brotherhood of War
Back in the mid 80s shortly after I was commissioned as an Army Officer there was a series of historical novels by W.E.B. Griffin called the Brotherhood of War. The series traced the paths of several Army officers as well … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings, Military, PTSD
The Land of Unhappy Travelers
The 80′s group Blondie had a hit called “Island of Lost Souls.” I love that song, it is kind of quirky and fun. However, there is a time when you run into a place where the song seems more true … Continue reading
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The Political Captivity of the Church
Since I have identified myself as a liberal, though I have to say a very moderate and even conservative liberal, I figure I should go ahead and continue to dig my grave with my conservative brethren, as well as those … Continue reading
Right Wing Intolerance
Disclaimer: Just because I am talking about Right Wing intolerance does not mean that I think the politcial left is immune from such behavior, nor do I believe that all liberals are tolerant. I recognize that there are Left Wing … Continue reading
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