Allegations of Fake News Are Usually, Well, Fake

Allegations of Fake News Are Usually, Well, Fake

The allegation of “Fake News” is a false flag. Its primary intention is to disorient you from the truth, driving you away from the trusted, reliable sources of information that have built reputations for truth-telling over centuries. Telling the truth is timeless. It...
Accountability for the Predators in Our Midst

Accountability for the Predators in Our Midst

  Content warning: The following contains references to sexual assault. Two of the most difficult experiences of my time in the West Texas town of Shamrock involved sexual predators in the school district. I grew up in public schools, and my wife Anna and I...
Remembering the Silent Years of Service

Remembering the Silent Years of Service

Henry Sledge’s book, With the Old Breed: The Complete Story Revealed, concludes the profound history of his father about the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. E.B. Sledge’s original manuscript spanned 1,000 pages, but publishers required it to be cut down, leaving...
Learning to See

Learning to See

Rereading Genesis 1 helped me remember that our role in this world is to subdue as God subdues and to steward as God stewards God’s beloved creation. We often become too self-focused, believing only humans matter. I have been on this good earth for 75 years. Only a...