Tag: war

  • Thankful Perspectives

    The First Thanksgiving It’s estimated Americans will gobble down some 40 million turkeys this Thanksgiving . . . good time to be a chicken 😊 A customary Thanksgiving meal tradition is having each person seated around the table share one thing they’re thankful for . . .  family, friends, faith, health, material blessings, etc. .…

  • Memorial Day

    “All gave some, some gave all“ This Memorial Day we honor those who “gave all”.  Their ultimate sacrifice has provided freedom for all Americans. This “gave some” man is forever especially indebted and grateful for those “gave all” individuals no longer with us. Some six decades ago 23 young Marines stood proudly at attention at…

  • Pray 4 Peace

    Today Malcolm, a blogger in England posted this picture and a prayer I felt led to share. It’s been said, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.”. . . this picture would fill a dictionary. I can’t help but think it’s what Jesus meant regarding Love when He said “…Love your neighbor as yourself…”, and when…

  • Sinister Symbols

    The “Z” seen displayed on Russian war machinery comes from the preposition “Za,” the first word in the Russian phrase “Za pobedu” or “For victory” . . . may it never be! A crossed  “Z” is a sinister reminder of another tyrannical despot’s symbol . . . whose Nazi armies and allies systematically slaughtered 11…

  • Tears of War

    I’m not particularly savvy regarding international diplomacy; politically astute; or a warmonger. However, … if this were your child … would you“…risk provoking a widening war…”  by sending jets for Ukrainian pilots to defend their country’s skies against a tyrannical despot bully who unconscionably shells and bombs women and children in their homes, schools, hospitals,…

  • Courage Under Fire – Postscript

    Once again I blessedly awoke to Gulf of Mexico surf lapping shoreline, while on the other side of the world the Ukrainian people continue to bravely oppose Russian forces’ senseless, escalating bombing and shelling assault on their freedom. President Zelinskyy steadfastly continues to defy his country’s tyrannical enemy, and someone shared this recent bold warning…