Monthly Archives: March 2010
Background to “The Pacific” Part One: The Guadalcanal Campaign and the Beginning of Joint Operations
The Battle of Bloody Ridge Note: This is the first of a series that I will post on the campaign in the Pacific. Some are older articles that I wrote for my Masters Degree program and others will be new … Continue reading
Filed under History, world war two in the pacific
Why Johnny Can’t Read Maps: NCAA Tournament Geography for Dummies and a Solution
I love the NCAA College Men’s Basketball Tournament. It is the only time of year that I will even watch basketball since like football and other sports it is simply another heretic sect compared to the one true religion, the … Continue reading
Filed under Just for fun, purely humorous
The “Eyes” have it; they’ve got Sammy Davis Eyes….an Experience from My Clinical Pastoral Education Residency
Sometimes you gotta wonder about people, especially some religious people. Of course we can all probably relate to some incident where someone with their religious beliefs led to somewhat unusual situations, funny or tragic situations. Of course when you work … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare, Religion, things I don't get
Necessity and Reality…Lessons on Life
“One’s task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer “A mans got to know his limitations” Harry Callahan Tonight will … Continue reading
Filed under leadership, philosophy
Baseball is Back….Thank God!
Norfolk’s Harbor Park “Night baseball isn’t an aberration. What’s an aberration is a team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1908. They tend to think of themselves as a little Williamsburg, a cute little replica of a major league … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, philosophy
The Fruit of Glenn Beck’s Spirit
Dietrich Bonhoeffer “When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Unless we have the courage to fight for a … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings
God Loves the Real World
“God loves human beings. God loves the world. Not an ideal human, but human beings as they are; not an ideal world, but the real world. What we find repulsive in their opposition to God, what we shrink back from … Continue reading
Filed under History, philosophy, Religion
The End of Adolf the Kidney Stone…Padre Steve Muses on Surgery
Smiling again…Adolf is Dead Well neither the Abbess nor I slept well last night as we waited for morning and the trip to the hospital. I finally got to bed at about 0400 and was back up at 630. We … Continue reading
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