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What’s in a Name?
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub Image Credit: Author Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Continue Reading
Is It Magic?
One week ago, our little grandson, Asher, was baptized at our parish church during Mass. Typically, children are baptized as infants in the Catholic Continue Reading
Go Ahead and Pray for Me
Hello, my name is Monica, and I'm an atheist. I think. I'm not sure that's right. Sometimes I simply call myself a 'recovered Catholic' but I find Continue Reading
PTSMI: Tools to Overcome Trauma and PTSD
by Matt Sacra After receiving a U.S. Army Reserve recruiting brochure in 1996, I was convinced the Army was my path. Since age five when I declared I Continue Reading
I Am a Million Voices
Illustration by Anna Trevathan Inspired by Crystal Bayat _________ I am a million voices. The voices of scared Afghan women whose dreams Continue Reading
After Ten Years
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on August 6, 2022. It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
HaShem is at the VA
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on September 6, 2017. It is republished here with the author’s permission. Continue Reading
Canceled: How the Eastern Honor-Shame Mentality Traveled West
By Abdu Murray This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 13, 2020. ___ Canceled. In the first weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, that word was Continue Reading
A Lesson in Forced Authenticity
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on August 24, 2018, as "Make Believe." It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
You Will Always Be A Soldier
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on April 29, 2019, as "Commitment." It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
Heaven, or Not
The oldest mystery in the world, the continuous mystery, the search for the final truth, what lies on the other side of death? Everyone faces this Continue Reading