Michael SpragueCapitol Commission ChaplainMandeville, LA Chariots of Fire won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1982. It depicted the true story of Eric Liddell winning […]
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Things that might motivate us
The goat needs tied…
As I watched a youth rodeo recently at the Chisolm Trail Saddle Club rodeo grounds near Clearwater Kansas, it occurred to me that corporate headhunters […]
Continue readingIt was a different time…
It was a different time… Things were normal then.Our enemies were outside our borders and oceans away. Today, in an era when rich, elite, and […]
Continue readingThe Watchman
In my regular Bible reading, I found myself reading from the Book of Ezekiel (620 BC-570 BC). It can be downright depressing. Ezekiel speaks of […]
Continue readingA lesson…
One of the great things about being in Scotland may appear to be a little thing. But I read somewhere that someday the little things […]
Continue readingFlashback….
Many years ago, when we left Scotland, myself, Joyce, Angela, and Ashley flew into Bayonne, NJ. Our car had been shipped by the Navy some […]
Continue readingMy earbuds and the ‘Reverend’ Travis Tritt
I’ve observed others using earbuds for quite some time. I didn’t think they were for me. I’m an old guy. My earphones, when I used […]
Continue readingFinding a new hero…
I write with some knowledge of Scotland. The US Navy sent me there in 1970 for what became a tour of just over four and […]
Continue reading“What we’ve got here…”
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” Strother Martin as ‘Captain’ uttered those famous words in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke. The words […]
Continue readingLife lessons from ‘Cannery Row’…
Life lessons from Cannery Row Back in the day, in the late sixties, my year of college, there was a war going on in Southeast […]
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