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Friends of Padre Steve’s World

Another manic Sunday. I am doing my best as a nurse to Judy, went in to conduct Chapel services and then came home to discover our air conditioner is not working. Fun city, temperature about 90 degrees and a heat index close to 100. Anyway, that being said I am republishing an article I wrote a year ago bout how one short-sighted decision, based on military expediency had an effect on history that still continues to this day.

Have a great day,

Peace

Padre Steve+

Friends of Padre Steve’s World,

Things have been quite busy as finally my wife Judy is out of the hospital and on the road to recovery following surgery for endometrial cancer. As such I have had little time or energy to do much new writing. However, some topics are still relevant as is this topic which I wrote about a year ago.
It is hard to believe that 101 years ago the leaders, the statesmen and the military men of Europe were about to begin a war which not only cost tens of millions of lives, spawned another world war and forever changed the world. The effects are still being felt in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

We should not forget it, nor should we forget the actions of those leaders.

Have a great night,

Peace

Padre Steve+

Friends of Padre Steve’s World

It has been a long day, going in to work, then finding out that Judy will not be released from hospital until tomorrow. So after I found that out I went an got groceries for her return, took care and played with our two Papillons and continuing to get the house ready for Judy’s return home. After that, after letting folks know what was up with Judy I went over to our favorite haunt, had some dinner and bier, before coming home to our puppies and to watching one of my favorite movies, Inglourious Basterds. So anyway, until tomorrow. Have a great night.

Peace

Padre Steve+

Dear Friends of Padre Steve’s World

It has been another long day, thankfully my wife Judy is doing better and hopefully will be discharged from the hospital on Friday following her surgery. In her absence I have been at home with our two Papillon pups, Minnie and Izzy. Over the past couple of nights I have been doing some reflecting and in doing so have been watching the mini-series from the 1970s “Once and Eagle” which is based on the novel of the same name by Anton Myrer. The book is considered the American “War and Peace.”

I think what attracts me to the movie and the book is the sacrifice made by military spouses. When I think about all the joys, as well as the hardships, the family separations as well as sometimes my own misplaced priorities, which I see in the character of Sam Damon I again realize just how great Judy’s as well as other military spouses sacrifices are. For Judy, that has meant sharing me with the Army and the Navy for almost 34 years. Thankfully, Lord willing we are looking at retirement in about two years.

Anyway, I have two babies on me and need to close for the night. Maybe tomorrow I will put up an article that has been ruminating for the past couple of days.

Peace

Padre Steve+

Dear Friends of Padre Steve’s World

It has been a long couple of days.My wife is doing well after her surgery and barring any unexpected news from the pathology results we expect that she will be pronounced cancer free either tomorrow or Thursday. Insight of that as well as dealing with work and caring for our Papillon girls, Minnie and Izzy in between I am tired. I do have a couple of new articles in the hopper, but to tired to work on them tonight. So I am re-posting an article from about six months ago.

Have a great night, thank you as always for your kind thoughts, words and prayers,

Peace

Padre Steve+

Friends of Padre Steve’s World

In the past couple of days I have had a number of comments from Christian opponents of my stand on Gay marriage on this site. One commentator was quite polite and our subsequent conversations have been both civil and Christian in their tenor. I can hand those who disagree with my views, even when they are strongly held by the people who disagree with me. At the same time there are others whose words and demonstrate not only disagreement, but hate and the absence of Christian Charity.

In light of the latter I am reposting this article from March where I deal with those who are so strongly partisan in their politics and at the same time call themselves Christian.

I am not a fan of such people for they appeal to the concept of a Christian theocracy which is absent from the New Testament, including the writings of the Apostle Paul who enunciated the doctrine of the “two kingdoms” the spiritual and the secular in Romans 13, the great Protestant Reformer Martin Luther echoed in his teachings.

The whole idea that Christians can use the government to deny rights to people who they either disagree with or, sadly in many cases, not only disagree, but condemn those with whom they disagree to judgement in both this life and the next.

As far as what I will be writing about this week, expect some articles that will follow up what I have written about in regard to Gay marriage and to the aftermath of the Emmanuel AME massacre in Charleston. I also expect to also be writing some about the Battle of Gettysburg this week as well as the revolutionary impact of the Declaration of Independence since Saturday is Independence Day.

Peace

Padre Steve+

Have a great night.

Friends of Padre Steve’s World

Like yesterday today has been a very busy day and apart for being busy most of my time has been devoted to doing more work on my Gettysburg Text. Even so, with the Greatest Generation passing away I realized that last year I had written something that is still pertinent about D-Day and the men who fought, sacrificed and died to liberate the many millions suffering under Nazi rule.

Have a nice night.

Peace

Padre Steve+

Friends of Padre Steve’s World

It has been a busy but very productive day for me, but I have not had the opportunity to write an new article on either Midway or D-Day. So instead I am reposting something that I wrote last year.

For me both of these battles are very important for us to remember, not so much for the military minutia, something that I am very good at, but more importantly because the brave men who fought them are rapidly passing away. Their importance in defeating regimes that were based on the superiority of race, and which had subjected hundreds of millions of people in Europe and Asia to tyranny, including genocide, medical experimentation, and many other war crimes which beggar the imagination.

Thus, regardless of ones politics today, regardless of the misdeeds of the leaders of our own nation after the war in so many places, we should never casually dismiss the sacrifice of the men and women who stood against such tyranny. Men and women who are so rapidly passing into eternity.

As your take a few minutes to read this post about those men who went ashore in Normandy on June 6th 1994, please never forget the them, for they are and will likely forever remain, the Greatest Generation.

Peace

Padre Steve+