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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the costly but vital D-Day Neptune- Overlord invasion in Normandy, France: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIjmOcp_xhQ Worth a pause to reflect on in light of the final stanza of the US National Anthem: O thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war’s desolation.Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And, as well, the final verse in Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Afro-American Read More ›

After some hesitation, I think it best to cross-post the following from my personal blog; trusting that even the militant will realise that there are some things that rise above whatever animus motivates them: _________ >>Given the extreme hostility and bullying, “out”- and- intimidate tactics that too often are associated with today’s online skeptical community (of which I am a target), I hesitated to bring up the following general prayer request. However, I have more reason to trust in the power of God in answer to fervent prayers than I have reason to be concerned on possible consequences at the hands of the vicious and twisted. (They, too, need prayer and a healthy dose of guilt leading to repentance and Read More ›