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LET ME BE A PATRIOT
“Patriot – A person who loves his country, and zealously supports and defends it and its interests.” ~ Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary This weekend marks the 244th birthday of the dearest place on the planet (to me, anyway): The United States of America! In celebration, I decided to take a brief pause from my latest series “Like Father, Like Son” and share something the Lord gave me last year about this time. I’m no poet, but the words come straight from my heart. I pray they touch yours as well… “LET ME BE A PATRIOT” “Let me be a patriot. I know you may not agree. You may not feel…
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MARVEL MAY: MEMORIAL DAY WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA
“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” ~ Jesus Christ “A symbol to the nation. A hero to the world. The story of Captain America is one of honor, bravery, and sacrifice.” So speaks the narrator of a Smithsonian exhibit in the Marvel Studios movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The words fit Steve Rogers well. I remember so clearly watching the first Captain America movie in theaters: Captain America: The First Avenger. It was 2011, a Friday matinee on a hot day in July. My brother and I decided to go after reading a review online praising the movie’s…
