By Joel Jackson Friday evening was different. My usual after-work routine includes changing into a comfortable outfit, doing some household chores, and relaxing. Instead I drove to the house of someone I had never met before. I walked up to the door carrying spinach artichoke dip. Other people, who had also never met before, brought […]
By Javan Rowe “No man is an island,” so the saying goes. For a world saturated with social media, it is ironic that we have become the most individualistic society in perhaps all of history. This is not only true of the broad culture but is witnessed within our faith as well. God intends for […]
By Pat Jeanne Davis It wasn’t what I expected would happen when I first visited the United Kingdom with my English-born spouse and our two Anglo-American sons. My husband visited his home in Britain, and our family had a vacation as well. But additionally I acquired a deeper appreciation of my American heritage. “Am I […]
By Jason Fry I first became interested in joining the military after a friend shared with me his experience. His influence was encouraging, but I needed to find my own reasons to enlist. My reason came in September 2007. I remember watching a news story about the increase in monthly casualties and how this was […]
By Kelly Carr “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of […]
