Speaking Truth to Power
A few days ago, President Biden referred to Mr. Putin as a war criminal when speaking about the destruction, loss of life and the relentless attack on innocent civilian targets incurred in Ukraine like...
Seeking a Faith Experience
Couldn’t Stop Reading (a Book Review)
When receiving Jerry Aveta’s book, “The Evidence Of Things Unseen,” in the mail sent from the publisher at no charge, I was intimidated. The small type, long sentences, limited paragraphing for 182 pages appeared...
Compassion in Many Forms
It is said of President Biden one of his strengths is his ability to express compassion to those who are suffering. Fueled by his experiences of grieving both personally and in his various capacities...
Command-and-Control
My father was the first generation in my family to be born in the United States. Like his father, who immigrated to this country in the early 1900’s, he served his country during times...
Childlike Faith
Pictured above are dozens of empty strollers, car seats and carriages representing the number of children that have died by Russian bombs during the Ukraine invasion. Estimates range from 100 to 120 children being...
“E Pluribus Unum”
“E Pluribus Unum” was the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. A Latin phrase meaning “One from Many” offered...
War and Peace
Wars have long been a part of earth’s history. Some of them justified and some not. We have learned, often many years after the fact, that events bringing us to war with other nations...
Faith Casts Out Fear
One can hardly turn on the news without seeing the latest information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Today the topic is Poland’s provision of MIG jet fighters being provided to Ukraine to help defend...
The Power of Faith
The above picture by CNN captured the nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine under fire from Russian missiles. Nuclear power plants are dependent on intricate control systems and water pumping stations to maintain safe...
The Fog of Faith
As a 30-year civil servant in the U.S. Department of Defense there were many discussions when the expression “the fog of war” was used to characterize the environment of a tactical experience. The expression...
