It was 1983.  I was with my Fort Bragg unit in Honduras in support of Operation Ahuas Tara. It was hot, with humidity ranging each day between 90-100%.  We were establishing our camp while at…

Military Members are used to change.  Whether it is uniforms, team members, or duty stations, the only thing that is constant is change.  So the change from one year to another is not necessarily a…

Now that Christmas is past, I will miss the music. When I was growing up, my parents would keep the Christmas music playing on our home stereo console, or on the car radio. Except when…

It was Christmas Eve, 1914. The First World War had been raging since July. The British troops in their trenches had been fighting the nearby Germans who were in their trenches. Then a strange thing happened.…

It continues to amaze me how much we can learn from the simple observations made by children. Back during WWII, a little boy and his daddy were driving home on Christmas Eve.  They drove past…

Each Thursday in the month of December we will feature a devotional focused on celebrating the Christmas season. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in…

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 This year as Thanksgiving approaches, we are all more aware of the blessing of being…

When I was a child, my father would drag me to the local Veterans’ Day parade. I did not quite understand why we went. I mean, it was not like the Thanksgiving or Christmas parades,…

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