No Less Glory – Medic
In honor of our medical heroes and other first responders, past and present and our veterans, I continue my fictional WWII story .
No Less Glory – Lt. Marsha Peyton
“What’s with that nurse? She’s harder to reach than Fort Knox,” Clifton Barnes smacks his bunk to punctuate his frustration. Turning over to address Barnes, Sargent Carl Diamond answers, “She’s just doing her job which doesn’t include entertaining you, soldier.” “The other nurses at least act like their care. She […]
No Less Glory – Private Ferito
Dear Mom and Dad, I am sorry I haven’t written in so long, but this letter will explain. First, I want you to know I am fine, now. There is no need to worry about me. I haven’t felt so safe and happy since fighting began. Please understand that and […]
No Less Glory: The Beginning
Before the Story Begins: This next story is fictional but based around historical events. The characters are fictional and are not meant to represent any particular real-life person. The intent is to honor both military veterans and what we have come to appreciate during this crisis many everyday unsung heroes such […]
You Mean He Was Dead?
“Papaw, tell us the Easter story.” The Carpenters gather in the living room after Easter Sunday services at their church. Everyone is there -Papaw Carpenter, the grandfather, Gina Majors, Papaw’s daughter and her three children, Myna and the twins, Brendon and Brandon, Mark Carpenter, his wife, Justice and their teen […]
Quiet Waters
He Makes Me Lie Down
I am sitting at a car dealership service department while they tuneup my wife’s car. My mind, though, wanders back to a familiar passage that I suddenly saw for the first time. Do you know what I mean by that? The passage comes from the twenty-third chapter of Psalms. It […]
Lack Nothing
“The Lord Is my shepherd I lack nothing” Lack nothing when All out of control? Certainty when […]
A Brief Encouragement
Don’t give up hope but continue to trust God. Don’t burn out during hard times waiting to see what triumphs God can create out of this trial. Keep praying for one another and for how you can find creative ways to support and encourage one another always. Romans 12: 11-13
Dangerous Debutant
Scene 1 “What do you plan to do with that little .22 pop gun?” the black bearded man in the tuxedo asks as he takes a step closer to Sunni De La Croix. “Take another step closer and you’ll find out.” Sunni aims her small .22 caliber pistol at his […]
