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I’ll never forget the time that an associate professor at a Christian college sniffed as he told me my faults. I didn’t understand scripture or how to preach, according to him. He then said “You see, you just don’t understand academia.”
At the time he said that, he was still writing his dissertation for his doctorate [...]

WARNING: today’s blog is a rant. If you like picturing me as all sweetness and light, dancing barefoot among the dandelions while hugging a lamb, you would be better served today by going to cutepuppypictures.com.
They sat across from me at the airport. I’d seen them before. Many times. In the mall, in churches, at the [...]

I forgot to post here on this blog that my online novel project is now complete. For those late to the story, I write books but don’t tell anyone the pseudonym I use. Sometimes, a story just isn’t ready for publishing and so I thought “why not post it for free?” Thus, the first Teacher [...]

My last post didn’t draw a lot of comments posted online but it put the cat amongst the pigeons off line/phone/Facebook-wise when I said I wished God would give me a mission call to Maui, etc. “Are you leaving Michigan?” or “Are you willing to leave?” and similar sentiments came my way. Hmmm. Perhaps this [...]

I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday. We had Kara and Josh over and Duncan’s girlfriend, Megan, joined us. Stockings are a HUGE thing in the Mead household so we dove in there first. For as long as I can remember, Kami’s family has filled stockings with all kinds of cool gifts to the [...]

On this day, we celebrate the birth of an exceptionally dangerous child. His birth was a surprise to the rulers, the movers, and the shakers of this world. He refused to behave as expected either as a child or an adult. He didn’t dance to our tune nor did he join those who condemned the [...]

 
‘Twas the Night
Before Christmas
(A Marine version)
‘Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one-bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney, with presents to give
and [...]

Call it mushy sentimentality if you must, or just call it nostalgia if you are a bit kinder, but my thoughts tonight have gone back to winters I spent back home in Scotland. When Kami was pregnant with our first child — Kara Kaleen — we, along with Iain and Gina Cameron — made a [...]

Since not everyone has an interest in such things, so I won’t belabor this topic with a dozen or so blogs (but I could). This article concerns weapons taken with you when you leave your home. First — only do what is legal in your jurisdiction. Christians need to obey the law, even those that [...]

This is part two in building a gun battery for your home. After you have the 12 gauge (or 20 gauge) and the .22 rifle and/or target pistol, what else do you need? Arguably, nothing. If you are only interested in last chance defense of your home and in the possibility of providing game for [...]