Surviving the great Christmas fire

A woman stands outdoors by a burn can, holding a bucket and disposing of items, with a chicken nearby. Text on the image reads, "Mom's earlier version of the burn can--circa 1940.

As many of you know, I grew up on our family farm in Northeastern Ohio. It was part of a land grant in payment to my grandfather seven generations back for fighting in the Revolutionary War. At the time my grandfather sent two of his sons to claim the land, it was wilderness, the most…

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Christmas Eve Memories

The Farm Chronicles: Christmas Eve Memories

There are a lot of terrible things going on right now in the world. But we are at the time of the year when we as Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We can choose to be impacted by the world around us in its dimly lit arena, or we can choose to let…

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12/23 The purpose and the plan

Text from a Bible opened to Romans.

There are many bad things going on in the world around us. It is an ongoing challenge to not be affected by it. Sometimes it drags us in and down like a riptide. Circumstances, decisions, unintended consequences are all factors in our daily lives. We can look in the mirror and wonder why it is…

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The American Chronicles: Top Five Camping Trips in 2024

Group of friends relaxing under beach canopy.

Our 2024 camping campaign was a wonderful success. We met a lot of folks and stayed with wonderful people who proved to us that the land of the free and home of the brave still exists and resides in the hearts of good people across this great country America. Everybody likes to rate things these…

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FBI Insurrection

DOJ OIG report on FBI's handling of sources.

A recent report by the US Inspector General indicates that there were 26 Confidential Human Sources (CHS) blending in with protestors at the Capitol on January 6, 2020. The report says 17 of them illegally entered the Capitol and/or restricted areas. None of them were authorized to break the law. None of them have been…

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Stupidocrisy: Obama lecture on pluralism

Barack Obama speaking at a forum event.

Barack Obama is once again lecturing Americans on his version of “democracy,” very slyly suggesting the Constitution as a “rulebook” for a “pluralist democracy,” code words for Marxist communism. The definition of pluralism is “a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.” Obama, however, is defining…

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The end time prophetic rise of Turkey in Syria

Hands shaking, painted with Iran and Turkey flags.

The Sunni and Shiite hate each other, at least in the enclave of hierarchy leadership. Both groups hate Jews and possibly Christians more than they hate each other. Shiite Iran has been able to cobble together a loose alliance of various factions of Sunni and Shiite to attack the Jews as evidenced by Hamas, Hezbollah,…

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Never let go

Mythological figures in an intense struggle.

We have all experienced times where our situation seemed impossible. The lesson I have learned through many such trials is to press into the Lord and never let go. This lesson is informed by the story of Jacob in Genesis 32-36. We pick it up where Jacob spent the night alone in an unspecified place fearing…

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The American Chronicles: The goodness of America

People enjoying outdoor activities and local produce.

Traveling in our RV across the country has reaffirmed one thing that we do not see very often in the 24/7 news media—the goodness of America. People all over America are hospitable, helpful, kind, and quite frankly, honest to goodness everyday heroes. Yes, heroes. They get up in the morning. They go to work. They…

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A Fauci pardon and the Democrat death Cult

Protest billboard about Wuhan Animal Lab funding.

Joe Biden may be pressured to pardon former Centers for Disease Control head Anthony Fauci because Fauci, the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party leadership were complicit in the deaths of 1.2 million Americans during the COVID “pandemic.” This, a common sense conclusion drawn from findings of the House Select Committee on COVID 19’s extensive…

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