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Category Archives: Responsibility
Freedom Is Not Free
July 4, 2019 About 18 months ago I asked my Facebook friends and family how many were themselves a veteran or active duty member of the military and how many had family members who were. Of the seventeen people who … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Courage, Education, Family, Life in these times, Politics, Responsibility, Sacrifice, War
Tagged Blessings, Children, Freedom, God, Parental responsibility, Prayer, Veterans, War
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Me, Too. What Parents Can Do
There has recently been a light shown on the vast amount of sexual harassment or assault in social media by asking people who have been subjected to it to post the words: Me, Too. From looking through my friends’ posts … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Education, Family, Life in these times, Responsibility
Tagged Children, Parental responsibility, Persecution, Sin
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Encouragement
Whether from a cataclysmic event, war, or a bad choice; an unexpected disease or stupid car accident — all of us have suffered loss and had to pick ourselves up. Some who had more dangerous missions had to be picked … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Charity, Courage, Life in these times, Responsibility, Sacrifice
Tagged Humility, Memories, Our choices, Persecution, Prayer, Thoughtfulness, Trial, Waiting
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Shall We Be Polite or Shall We Fight?
If you have siblings, no doubt you have been told by your parents or grandparents to play nice and get along. My grandmother, whom we called Nana, used to say to my older brothers: “Now boys, it is too nice … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Courage, Life in these times, Politics, Responsibility, Sacrifice, War
Tagged Children, Christian Martyrs, Christian witness, Genocide, God, History, Our choices, Persecution, Thoughtfulness, Trial, War
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Thanking God For Their Lives
The year is 2017, and this is Memorial Day weekend. For some, this may mean a Monday off work, a barbecue with friends, a get-away weekend, and perhaps maybe even flag flying. For many, this day blends right in with … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Responsibility, Sacrifice, War
Tagged Death, Freedom, Funeral, Grief, History, Memories, Thanksgiving, Veterans, War
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On Truth Telling, Betrayal, Secrets and Lies
This is the stuff that Philosophers, Theologians, Ethicists, Doctors, and Lawyers have argued about since time immemorial. The post I am writing now is written after many conversations with family and friends over decades. I can pretty well guarantee that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Marriage, Mental Health, Responsibility
Tagged Argument, Our choices, Parental responsibility, Sin, Thoughtfulness
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Nashville and Risk Taking
Four more days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and then my last day of work at my present place of employment on Thursday. I find it rather darkly humorous that the song running through my head for the past ten days is … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Friendship, Life in these times, Marriage, Responsibility
Tagged Faith, Freedom, Marriage, Money, Music, Our choices, Unemployment
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Pay the Piper
It is no secret that we have been digging out from under debt for a long time. I wrote about it for the first time in the blog post called The Face of Genteel Poverty, way back on September 26, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Charity, Life in these times, Marriage, Poverty, Responsibility
Tagged Aging, Auto Pilot, Blessings, Debt, God, Money, Our choices, Prayer
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Auto Pilot
Everyone has an opinion and people view things so differently from each other that conversations can often become very heated when particular matters are discussed. In the throes of this Presidential Election Cycle I have come to ponder how often … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Life in these times, Politics, Responsibility
Tagged Argument, Auto Pilot, Free speech, Freedom, History, Our choices, Thoughtfulness
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Life in a Parenthesis
We have all kinds of projects to pursue, engagingly articulated and brilliantly planned between us, which all seem relegated to some distance day that, at my worst, I fear will never come. Although we keep working the plan, the ball … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Friendship, Life in these times, Marriage, Poverty, Responsibility
Tagged Art, Blessings, Debt, Faith, Humility, Marriage, Money, Parental responsibility, Trial, Unemployment, Waiting
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