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This weekend, the Generac storm response team met up with SpaceX engineer Mike Coryell By News on the Net -- ALEX | October 8, 2024

Together they organized 100 kits consisting each of a portable generator, gas, and a Starlink receiver that were loaded up onto helicopters to get them into hard-to-reach areas.

Samaritan’s Purse president and CEO Franklin Graham in Boone North Carolina personally thanks Elon Musk By News on the Net -- ALEX | October 8, 2024

Starlink kits and his SpaceX engineers that are helping coordinate "Operation Starlink"

Thanks to Husqvarna USA for the HUGE donation By News on the Net -- Greg Biffle | October 8, 2024

We’re going to be heading up to the mountains tomorrow with a fuel tanker to deliver free gas and road diesel

It fills me with pride that our nation still has young men and women who stand up and say: “Send me” By News on the Net -- Tim Sheehy | October 7, 2024

Duty. Service. Sacrifice. That’s why I’m running for U.S. Senate

Special ops vets form ‘Redneck Air Force’ to ferry aid into NC mountains after feds come up short: ‘Who’s FEMA?’ By News on the Net -- New York Post | October 7, 2024

“I don’t care who runs it. Three things have to happen: support and stability operations have to be efficient, they have to be effective and we have to re-inject capital into the local population”

Failure as a Redemptive Liturgy By Joseph J. Bucci | October 7, 2024

Meanwhile the uncomfortable process of failure brings us humbly into the presence of God, if our hearts are truly seeking His will and His ways for our lives

The September To October Change By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 7, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: Soon the dull duns and browns and grays of November will settle over us. I must remember to savor every day until then because glorious October is always a fleeting time

Seen At The Wally World Parking Lot By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 23, 2024

Now There's Something You Don't See Every Day

Amazing How Deeply One Can Be Touched By A Pure Soul By Nadra Enzi | September 18, 2024

Society shouldn't have mentally and physically challenged adults alone, having outlived grandparents and parents, without much needed support.

Seasonal Lag By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 17, 2024

If we are lucky enough to survive the winter, we can look forward to the majesty of the cycle of the seasons on our ever-changing home planet.

Mr. Mistake By Jim Ross Lightfoot | September 16, 2024

What you have just read is a true story. Mr. Mistake is retired today and lives with his wife of nearly fifty years in White Oak, TX.

Supermarket Shock By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 10, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: The bottom line for food economy, even when many things are high, is to make it yourself

This Land Their Labors Wrought By William Kevin Stoos | September 2, 2024

Labor Day

Doing the Hard Things with Joy By Joseph J. Bucci | August 30, 2024

What’s not to love about that? Life is really all about how we face these hard things, isn’t it? We experience hard things on the way to even more exciting things.

The Summer of 42: A True Story By Joseph J. Bucci | August 28, 2024

I cannot imagine loving anyone else. It has been the most remarkable journey, an amazing set of circumstances, a true fairytale wedding. It only works now because of God’s faithfulness and our commitment to Him and to each other

Vince Gill Just Look At Us By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 24, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: Musical Perfection

Reminds me of 1896 . . . BC By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 11, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: After what happened in Paris and after it was celebrated in much of the press, anyone visiting there soon should keep an eye to the sky for incoming fire and brimstone

Standing Firm on the Rock By Joseph J. Bucci | August 10, 2024

We live in a time of sand storms and contrary winds. Unless we have a rock underneath us, we will be driven and tossed

Musical Perfection: Up, Up and Away, The Fifth Dimension By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 29, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: So many songs can take me back to a specific place and time, like this one does

My Country ‘Tis of Thee By Joseph J. Bucci | July 27, 2024

We cry out with the words of Samuel Smith: “Protect us by thy Might, Great God, our King!”

They Don’t Teach That Any More By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 16, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: These days it’s difficult to find a factual textbook on American history.

The Most Unnatural Act By Joseph J. Bucci | July 7, 2024

The only way we can truly examine repentance in our experience is by the Spirit of God, that wind breathing on us and awakening us to the knowledge of God and our own sinful state

Olfactory Memories By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 5, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: I breathe deeply, and then I’m with my brothers and our grandfather, back in the north side of the corn crib at the farm on the corner of 103 and Riley Road, New Castle, Indiana, summer of 1961

Tractor Supply Issues Apology, Vows To Serve Rural America After DEI Exposé By News on the Net | June 28, 2024

Betrayal of its core demographic through its support of LGBT training, funding for pride events, advocacy for transgender rights, and pushing of climate activismbetrayal of its core demographic through its support of LGBT training, funding for pride

You Can Get What You Want By Joseph J. Bucci | June 26, 2024

Do you want pleasure, complete joy, and long life? Songwriter King David wrote that we could have it all – we just need to know the Source

Now There’s Something You Don’t See Every Day! The BrickCraft Brickyard By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 25, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: Wherever we go in the Heartland, just look around to see the handiwork of the American brickmaker

The World’s Columbian Exposition—Chicago, Summer of 1893 By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 21, 2024

Survival in Tough Times: If I could go back in time. . .

Predicting the Future with Confidence By Joseph J. Bucci | June 20, 2024

Many of us still believe that Donald Trump is a man who can fix the problems that affect our nation; and we pray for and hope for his election to the presidency in 2024. But let us also pray and trust God to be glorified in our midst.

Please Hear Me: I Believe in You! By Joseph J. Bucci | June 7, 2024

It's amazing how far you're willing to go when someone believes in you

Winning the Biggest Battle Off the Field By Joseph J. Bucci | June 1, 2024

The former player was the Dodgers’ Director of Community Affairs for many years, a true ambassador for a change that only God could make in the life of one overcome by addiction