Healing

Because They Lived

Lives of Courage: Memorial Day Stories of Brotherhood and Legacy This Memorial Day, we pause not only in solemn remembrance, but in profound gratitude. We are not gathered at gravesides, before memorial walls, or in quiet moments of reflection merely because brave Americans died in service to our nation. We are here, deeply moved, forever changed, because they lived. In a world that often rushes toward the next distraction, Memorial Day calls us back to what truly matters. It is a sacred invitation to honor the full lives of those who answered the call with courage, served with integrity, and gave…

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Revival in the Land

America's Path to Revival in the Wake of Evil On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a midday speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The event, part of his "American Comeback" tour organized by Turning Point USA, drew about 3,000 attendees to an outdoor courtyard when a sniper’s bullet struck Kirk in the neck from approximately 150 yards away. Vigils now light up across the country, with leaders like Utah Gov. Spencer Cox properly calling it a "political assassination" demanding a national turning point, while Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemned it as a…

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A Sobriety Story

Io no bev' I don't drink. Not anymore. After five years of chronic drinking, I've been sober for 16 months. My journey to sobriety has been per Aspera ad Inferi. Prior to that, I was sober for four years. Prior to that, I binge drank for three years. It was like drinking at Bob's Country Bunker. I had both kinds, chronic and binge. .385 is a great batting average, but it's a terrible measure of your life and how the way you are living affects those around you. I've weighed whether to share this story, but it is my nature and…

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A Father’s Fears

The Living Years Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears I just wish I could have told him in the living years — The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr64MxYpgk Parents can disregard, fail, and neglect their children. But it’s a two-way street. Children can also inflict deep, lasting harm. When I was 13, I hurt my father deeply with careless, ignorant words. Our relationship…

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