Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, 1944: Your task is not an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened.… Read more In Memoriam: June 6th 1944
Category: History
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lent 1933
A Collection of Sermons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, something I’ve been hanging out to read for a while, arrived today. In the process… Read more Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lent 1933
1915: Tracing the Saviour’s Influence in No-Mans Land
Advent days 20-22: Christmas Day 1915. ‘By Christmas there was a widespread popular sense for a thoroughgoing reconciliation in no-man’s… Read more 1915: Tracing the Saviour’s Influence in No-Mans Land
The Monuments Men [Video]
Kind of taking a diversion from advent reflections and popping this post in as a “heads-up”. I am interested in the… Read more The Monuments Men [Video]
Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
Today, I took a picture looking from the south part of a river across towards the north. At first I had accidentally inverted the image… Read more Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
Catherine of Siena: Prayer Unites
Medieval words that bounce off the page, and land in the present.
Remembrance Day (aka Armistice Day)
The English dictionary points out that the word remembrance has two primary definitions. First: The ability to recall past occurrences Second: A… Read more Remembrance Day (aka Armistice Day)
Patrick’s Lorica, 493 A.D
May Christ guide and protect you, through and from, the things that set out to destroy you. The Lorica [Armour] of… Read more Patrick’s Lorica, 493 A.D